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Akito Kamei1, Ryoko Sato2, Rebecca Thornton3
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
PLOS global public health
|July 13, 2023
概括
乌干达的许多妇女都知道家庭怀孕测试,但很大一部分面临障碍,例如需要伴侣许可或经济支持才能使用它们. 了解这些挑战是改善早期怀孕检测和护理的关键.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 孕产妇和儿童的健康
背景情况:
- 早期怀孕检测对于及时的产前护理和健康的怀孕行为至关重要.
- 家庭怀孕测试是可访问的工具,但它们在发展中国家的使用仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解女性的知识,使用和与家庭怀孕测试相关的障碍,对于改善母亲和婴儿的结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估乌干达北部妇女对家庭怀孕测试的知识和使用情况.
- 识别阻碍妇女获得和使用家庭怀孕测试套件的障碍.
- 为政策和未来研究提供信息,以增加家庭怀孕测试套件的使用.
主要方法:
- 在乌干达北部 (2019年) 对1008名年龄在18-35岁的女性进行了横截面调查.
- 数据收集的知识,常用的,和障碍,购买家庭怀孕测试套件.
- 对影响测试套件知识和使用的人口,社会经济和合作伙伴相关因素的分析.
主要成果:
- 65%的女性知道家庭怀孕测试;29%的人曾经使用过.
- 知识和使用与高等教育,财富,有薪职业和接近卫生设施有关.
- 重要障碍包括需要合作伙伴许可的资金 (90%),隐藏购买 (7%),以及缺乏合作伙伴支持 (31%).
结论:
- 虽然乌干达北部妇女对家庭怀孕测试的了解相对较高,但实际使用受到社会经济和伴侣相关障碍的限制.
- 解决经济依赖和寻求配偶支持对于增加家庭怀孕测试套件的使用至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解这些障碍如何影响利用,并制定有效的干预措施.
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