Table 3 Health care providers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice towards family planning and PPIUD (N = 96)
Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of providers on PPIUD | Baseline (pre-intervention) % (N) | 6 months (after intervention) % (N) | 24 months (after intervention) % (N) | P-value‡ (baseline to 6 months) | P-value‡ (6 months to 24 months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knows correctly a women’s chance of getting pregnant while using copper IUD | 45.8 (44) | 59.4 (57) | 38.5 (37) | 0.055 | 0.014* |
Knows correctly how long a woman can continually use the same copper IUD without removing | 78.1 (75) | 95.8 (92) | 100 (96) | < 0.001*** | 0.125 |
Knows correctly how soon a woman can get pregnant after removal of copper IUD | 63.5 (61) | 92.7 (89) | 95.8 (92) | < 0.001*** | 0.508 |
Knows correctly that IUD cannot protect women from STIs | 99.0 (95) | 100 (96) | 99.0 (95) | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Recommend PPIUD to different groups of women | |||||
Recommend PPIUD to women less than 20 years | 61.5 (59) | 87.5 (84) | 93.8 (90) | < 0.001*** | 0.146 |
Recommend PPIUD to women aged 20–29 | 99.0 (95) | 100 (96) | 100 (96) | 1.000 | – |
Recommend PPIUD to women aged 30–39 | 97.9 (94) | 100 (96) | 99.0 (95) | 0.500 | 1.000 |
Recommend PPIUD to women aged 40 and above | 34.4 (33) | 83.3 (80) | 86.5 (83) | < 0.001*** | 0.664 |
Recommend PPIUD to unmarried women | 17.7 (17) | 41.7 (40) | 77.1 (74) | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** |
Recommend PPIUD to women who have had an abortion | 81.3 (78) | 94.8 (91) | 95.8 (92) | 0.007** | 1.000 |
Recommend PPIUD to women who have had an ectopic pregnancy | 8.3 (8) | 19.8 (19) | 45.8 (44) | 0.013* | < 0.001*** |
Practice of FP and PPIUD | |||||
Provide general counseling for FP | 70.8 (68) | 99.0 (95) | 99.0 (95) | < 0.001*** | 1.000 |
Provide PPIUD counseling | 10.4 (10) | 94.8 (91) | 99.0 (95) | < 0.001*** | 0.219 |
Provide PPIUD insertion/removal | 9.4 (9) | 82.3 (79) | 99.0 (95) | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** |
Providers who deemed IUD the best FP method for women after childbirth | 79.2 (76) | 97.9 (94) | 99.0 (95) | < 0.001*** | 1.000 |
Providers who deemed IUD the best FP method for women overall | 83.3 (80) | 91.7 (88) | 99.0 (95) | 0.115 | 0.039* |
Providers who thought it important to protect women from another pregnancy during 1 year postpartum period | 33.3 (32) | 31.3 (30) | 34.4 (33) | 0.877 | 0.779 |