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Impact of family planning information on acceptance at a Ghanaian rural health post.


 Evaluation of the effect of a clinic-based educational program on utilization of family planning services at a rural health post in Ghana had two major objectives: 1) to measure to what extent immediate change in family planning knowledge, attitudes and behavior could be brought about by the provision of family planning information; and 2) to demonstrate that by means of on-going evaluation of the educational presentation on family planning, by providing adequate feedback to the educator, and through continual revision of the educational content, increased understanding of family planning information would result at successive information sessions. The study was limited to female clinic attendees aged 15-44. The family planning presentation was followed by a question and answer period and shortly thereafter, individual interviews. The 2 major study objectives lend themselves to quantitative testing of specific programme hypotheses as follows: 1) the number of women who accept a family planning method at the clinic will be significantly greater on days when family planning information is provided than on days when it is not; and 2) as a result of the informational input, ongoing evaluation and feedback, family planning knowledge levels for selected topics will be significantly higher among health clinic attendees. Results showed that the first hypothesis was substantiated by data which revealed that there were significantly more acceptors on days when family planning information was offered. The second hypothesis, however, was not supported. In general, it would appear that family planning education provided in a health facility adjacent to a family planning clinic can have a significant impact on initial adoption of family planning mthods. Follow-up of acceptors was not carried out, and thus data on continuation of use were not available for this study.
