Retracted: Family planning services use: A shared responsibility between men and women of reproductive age in Hubei province, China

Autor: HongFang Yuan, XiuLan Ma, Martin Kuete, Cuiling Li, Fan Yang, Huiping Zhang, Qiao Huang, Carrel Raspail Founou, Chengliang Xiong, Kai Zhao, Christiane Hilary Ngueye Sipeuwou
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.
ISSN: 1879-3479
0020-7292
Popis: OBJECTIVE Effective use of family planning (FP) services significantly improves sexual and reproductive health of both women and men. Recently, the Chinese government has launched the two-child policy allowing families to have an additional child. This study aimed to explore the population's interest for FP services, unmet needs, and expectations. METHODS A cross-sectional study using stratified random sampling was conducted in 102 counties of Hubei province and 17 555 randomized individuals from rural, transitional, and urban areas were interviewed through a guided semi-structured questionnaire. RESULTS The Han ethnicity dominated our population and number of living children per family ranged from zero to six. Although 81% reported FP services and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) as a shared responsibility, the contraceptives used excluding condoms, were mainly intrauterine devices (76%), tubal ligation (16%), and vasectomy (8%). Although 24% of participants had a history of contraceptive failure, effective contraceptive use after failure among men remained lower (6% for tubal ligation and vasectomy) and 74% of naive contraceptive users strongly rejected vasectomy. Demographic factors, awareness of FP services/SRH, discussing and making joint decisions, and gender discrepancies were strongly associated with unmet FP services/SRH needs (P
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