The Introduction and Use of Norplant registered Implants in Indonesia

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ID10796116
AuthorsJayanti Tuladhar (Bangkok University, corresponding author), Peter J Donaldson, Jeanne Noble (0009-0005-4544-6510)
Year1998
Volume29
Issue3
Pages291
Publication date1998-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/172275
PMID9789322
OpenAlexW55928581
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

In this study, patterns of Norplant use in Indonesia are reviewed to assess the implications of this experience for the introduction of new contraceptive methods. Data from the Norplant Use-Dynamics Study and the 1994 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey are analyzed, and patterns of acceptance, continuation, and removal are described. Acceptance of Norplant has increased steadily since it was first introduced. The method is now used by more than 5 percent of all married women of reproductive age. Continuation rates among Norplant users are higher than among users of the IUD. One factor behind high continuation rates may be that a substantial proportion of acceptors were not told that removal before five years was possible. Results indicate that deficits occurred in the quality of service delivery and that a need exists for improved provider training, better supervision, and clearer and better-enforced guidelines regarding women's right to have Norplant removed on demand

Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Gynecology · Indonesian · Levonorgestrel · Pill · Population · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Sterilization (economics · Demography · Male Reproductive Health Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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