Bapolisi, Wyvine Ansima; Dumbaugh, Mari; Felber, Selina; Bisimwa, Ghislain; Merten, Sonja (2024). Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure. (In Press). Culture, health & sexuality, pp. 1-15. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analyse the data. Precariousness of life, religious beliefs and fear of side effects were limiting factors to the use of family planning. Power relations within the couple also played an important role in decision-making. Sole provider ('breadwinner') women were more likely to use family planning, including hormonal methods. Our findings highlight the continued importance of family planning programmes that respond to socio-cultural factors, personal beliefs, and fear of side effects in parallel with addressing availability and accessibility. This will require including the community in their design and implementation in order to meet unmet family planning needs. Health care providers' capacity building and training to help women manage family planning side effects will also be beneficial.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Social Anthropology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Felber, Selina Chiara |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
1369-1058 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Apr 2024 09:45 |
Last Modified: |
05 Apr 2024 07:02 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911 |
PubMed ID: |
38568086 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Contraception conflict settings gender dynamics religion women |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/195650 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/195650 |
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