BMC Public Health (Oct 2024)

Missed opportunities of method information index plus (MII+) counseling among current modern contraceptive users. multi-level analysis from the Ethiopian PMA 2021 data set

  • Kaleb Assegid Demissie,
  • Tadele Biresaw Belachew,
  • Endalkachew Dellie,
  • Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh,
  • Melak Jejaw,
  • Nigusu Worku,
  • Getachew Teshale,
  • Demiss Mulatu Geberu,
  • Banchlay Addis,
  • Tesfahun Zemene Tafere,
  • Lake Yazachew,
  • Mihret Getnet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20471-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

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Abstract Introduction In Ethiopia, there is a decrease in percentage of women who receive method information index counseling service from 39% (95%CI: 33%, 44%) in 2015 to 12% in 2019 (95% CI: 10%, 14%) nationally, and less than 40% of these services provided are high quality. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify modern contraceptive users-related factors at individual level and community level associated with missed opportunities of method information index plus counseling. Methods This study used the datasets from the 2019 Performance Monitoring for Action Ethiopia Survey, which comprised a total of 8,365 households (98.9%) and 7,988 women (98.8%). The data analysis was done with Stata version 14. Using multilevel mixed effect logistics regression, both individual and community-level factors were found to be associated with missed opportunities of method information index plus counseling. a P-value of less than 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. The association was presented using an adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval. Results The study shows that the prevalence of missed opportunity MII + family planning counseling among current modern contraceptive users was 81% (79.15, 82.66) and factors significantly associated with missed opportunities of method information index plus counselling are educational status, low level of media exposure, religion, receiving the service in health centers and health posts, never heard of any other methods, number of children at first contraceptive use and region. Conclusions In Ethiopia 81% of women had a missed opportunities of MII + counseling service. In order to address this, we recommend policy makers to focus on training of health care workers and pharmacists about MII + counseling, and establishing ways to improve access to media exposure.

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