Key barriers to the use of modern contraceptives among women in Albania

A Qualitative Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3973041
AutoresKaroline Kragelund Nielsen (0000-0002-4058-0615, University of Copenhagen), Siff Malue Nielsen (Danish Medical Association), Robb Butler (World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe), Jeffrey V Lazarus (0000-0001-9618-2299, University of Copenhagen)
Año2012
Volumen20
Número40
Páginas158-165
Fecha de publicación2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/s0968-8080(12)40681-4
PMID23245421
OpenAlexW2008824868
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas2

In spite of a number of communication campaigns since 1999 promoting modern contraceptives in Albania, their use remains low. In this paper we identify and analyse key barriers to the use of modern contraception among women in Albania. Semi-structured interviews with 11 stakeholders from organisations involved in promoting modern contraception, and four focus group discussions with 40 women from Tirana and a rural village in the periphery of Tirana, divided according to age and residence, were also conducted. Content analysis was used to analyse both the interviews and focus group discussions. Barriers identified included socio-cultural issues such as status of the relationship with partners and the importance of virginity, problems talking about sexual issues and contraception being taboo, health care issues--especially cost and availability--and individual issues such as unfavourable social attitudes towards contraceptives and a lack of knowledge about the use and benefits of modern contraception. To promote contraceptive use in the future, campaigns should address these barriers and expand from a focus on women of reproductive age only to target youth, men, health care providers, parents and schoolteachers as well

Environmental health · Family planning · Focus group · Political science · Population · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Residence · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine