Trend Analysis of Contraceptive Usage and Reasons of Low Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Narrative Review on Available Literature
The Pakistani government has been struggling continuously to slow down the population rise despite making easy accessibility of family planning services. Various factors including economic crisis, poverty, unemployment, and inflation have been identified that influence family planning practices le...
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| description | The Pakistani government has been struggling continuously to slow down the population rise despite making easy accessibility
of family planning services. Various factors including economic crisis, poverty, unemployment, and inflation have been identified
that influence family planning practices leading to a low contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR). The main aim of this review was to
understand the positive and negative predictors and the trends of contraceptive use. Pakistan, currently facing the issues of high
morbidity and mortality of mother and child as a consequence of low CPR secondary to the high risk of unplanned and/or teenage
pregnancies, abortion, and miscarriages. Low CPR produces a drastic effect on the nation’s economy, as a high growth rate causes
uncontrolled urbanization. Old age, education, and mothers’ employment, wealth, and better lifestyle have positive influences while
it is evident rural life, traditional religion, illiteracy, poverty, non-working mothers, and fear of side effects, etc. navigate low CPR.
Although contraception in terms of modern contraceptive techniques has increased in Pakistan over the past two decades, still there
is a need for efforts to increase CPR among reproductive and fertile age groups. Further, interventions such as the provision of
affordable family planning practices and facilitating access to women near their homes, improving awareness must be targeted as
a priority. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d241e74af7994a0e9d7f629ba1e3ff822024-01-18T07:53:10ZengLiaquat National Hospital and Medical CollegeLiaquat National Journal of Primary Care2707-35212708-91342024-04-0161858910.37184/lnjpc.2707-3521.6.3Trend Analysis of Contraceptive Usage and Reasons of Low Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Narrative Review on Available LiteratureFarhan Muhammad Qureshi0Samira Faiz Bari1Department of Community Health Sciences, Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences, Karachi, PakistanThe Pakistani government has been struggling continuously to slow down the population rise despite making easy accessibility of family planning services. Various factors including economic crisis, poverty, unemployment, and inflation have been identified that influence family planning practices leading to a low contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR). The main aim of this review was to understand the positive and negative predictors and the trends of contraceptive use. Pakistan, currently facing the issues of high morbidity and mortality of mother and child as a consequence of low CPR secondary to the high risk of unplanned and/or teenage pregnancies, abortion, and miscarriages. Low CPR produces a drastic effect on the nation’s economy, as a high growth rate causes uncontrolled urbanization. Old age, education, and mothers’ employment, wealth, and better lifestyle have positive influences while it is evident rural life, traditional religion, illiteracy, poverty, non-working mothers, and fear of side effects, etc. navigate low CPR. Although contraception in terms of modern contraceptive techniques has increased in Pakistan over the past two decades, still there is a need for efforts to increase CPR among reproductive and fertile age groups. Further, interventions such as the provision of affordable family planning practices and facilitating access to women near their homes, improving awareness must be targeted as a priority.https://journals.lnh.edu.pk/lnjpc/pdf/467cc77b-776d-4102-b139-85c2c6ec0ef4.pdfcontraceptivecontraceptive use prevalencecontraceptives methodsfamily planning |
| spellingShingle | Farhan Muhammad Qureshi Samira Faiz Bari Trend Analysis of Contraceptive Usage and Reasons of Low Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Narrative Review on Available Literature Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care contraceptive contraceptive use prevalence contraceptives methods family planning |
| title | Trend Analysis of Contraceptive Usage and Reasons of Low Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Narrative Review on Available Literature |
| title_full | Trend Analysis of Contraceptive Usage and Reasons of Low Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Narrative Review on Available Literature |
| title_fullStr | Trend Analysis of Contraceptive Usage and Reasons of Low Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Narrative Review on Available Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trend Analysis of Contraceptive Usage and Reasons of Low Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Narrative Review on Available Literature |
| title_short | Trend Analysis of Contraceptive Usage and Reasons of Low Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Narrative Review on Available Literature |
| title_sort | trend analysis of contraceptive usage and reasons of low contraceptive use in pakistan a narrative review on available literature |
| topic | contraceptive contraceptive use prevalence contraceptives methods family planning |
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