Unmet Need for Family Planning and Associated Factors Among Married Women in Asebot Town, West Hararge Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, Cross- Sectional Study Design, 2018-Juniper publishers
Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine Juniper Publishers Authored by: Ismael Kalayu* Introduction Unmet need for family planning refers to fecund women who either wish to postpone the next birth (spacers) or wish to stop childbearing (limiters) but are not using a contraceptive method [1,2]. Worldwide; over 222 million women have unmet need for contraception [3] and around 137 million women in the developing world who would like to avoid childbearing are unable to do so; despite a huge increase in contraceptive access and use globally [4]. Many women in low and middle-income countries would like to limit or delay getting pregnant; but do not have access to consistent use of modern contraceptive methods [5,6]. Unintended pregnancy related to unmet need is a worldwide problem that affects women and their families and societies at large [7]. And it is a serious public health issue both in developed and developing countries [8]. The high level of unmet ne...
