The Influence of Quality of Care upon Contraceptive Use in Rural Bangladesh

Bibliographic Data

ID10795952
AuthorsMichael A Koenig, Michael Koenig (Ford Foundation, corresponding author), Mian Bazle Hossain (0000-0001-6236-7201), Molly Whittaker (0000-0002-1677-2991), Maxine Whittaker
Year1997
Volume28
Issue4
Pages278
Publication date1997-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2137859
PMID9431649
OpenAlexW2091481795
LanguageEN
Citations received48
References cited18

Efforts to develop quantitative indicators of quality of care for family planning services, and to evaluate its role in contraceptive behavior, remain at an early stage. The present study, based upon an analysis of prospective data from a sample of 7,800 reproductive-aged rural Bangladeshi women, provides empirical evidence on the importance of quality of care for contraceptive practice. The results demonstrate that the perceptions of women regarding the quality of field-worker care were significantly related to the probability of subsequent adoption of a family planning method. Women who were not using a method and who scored high on an index of perceived quality of care were 27 percent more likely to adopt a method subsequently, compared with women with a low score. Effects were even more pronounced for contraceptive continuation; high quality of care was associated with a 72 percent greater likelihood of continued use of any method of contraception

Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Government (linguistics · Health care · Population · Quality (philosophy · Research methodology · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy