Effects of Covid-19 on Family Planning among Adolescents who have given birth atleast once in Blantyre Urban
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2022-07-22
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This is a sequential mixed study investigating the effects of covid-19 on family planning among
adolescents who have atleast given birth in blantyre urban. The problem of unmet needs for
family planning among parous adolescents have remained high despite efforts to improve
provision. This has led to high rate of unplanned pregnancies among adolescents. Therefore, this
study will provide information on how covid-19 has affected family planning among parous
adolescents of blantyre urban.
Objectives and Methodologies
The broad objective is to assess the effect of covid-19 on family planning among parous
adolescents of blantyre urban and the specific objectives are; to asess distribution of family
planning methods during and before the pandemic, to assess the accessibilty of family planning
methods during the pandemic and before, assess adherence to family planning methods during
the pandemic and before the pandemic.
In this study, both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used and the study place will be
four Government health centers. Quantitative data will be obtained from the clinic attendance
registers. The sampling methods are simple random sampling and stratified sampling. The target
population is parous adolescents in Blantyre urban. The age group is adolescents aged 15 to 19
years. Data collection will be through indepth interviews for the qualitative data and
Government health centers (antennatal clinics) attendance registers for the quantitative data. Data
will be analysed using content analysis.
Expected findings and Dissemination
At the end of this study, we expect to find how covid-19 has affected family planning among
parous adolescents. This knowledge will help implementing measures that will ensure that11-Jul-2022
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adolescents in Blantyre and Malawi as a whole have good access to family planning in
prevention of unplanned pregnancies. Presentations will be through tables and graphs
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