Knowledge and access to family planning services by women of childbearing age in Edu Local Government Of Kwara State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study determined knowledge, sources of information about and accessibility of Family Planning (FP) services among women in Edu  Local Government of Kwara State using a descriptive research design. Three research questions were answered and a hypothesis was  tested in this study. A researchers-designed questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection from 480 women and a split-half  test of reliability was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. Three hundred and sixty women were purposively sampled for  the study. The result was analyzed using frequency count and percentages, while, Chi-square was used to test null hypothesis at Alpha  level of 0.05. The research findings showed that women of childbearing age sources of information about FP services was mainly by  health workers (62.5%) while women knowledge about FP was below average (43.3%) and women showed poor willingness to utilize FP services in Edu Local Government Area. This study concluded that knowledge has no significant influence on utilization of family planning  services by women of childbearing age in Edu LGA, Kwara State. The study however, recommended that all levels of Governments health workers and Non-governmental Organizations should strengthen health education intervention programmes on the  significant of FP services utilization in the existing primary health care centres in Edu LGA.