Evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior among women in South Africa: A scoping review

INTRODUCTION: Contraceptive use and sexual health behavior remain a prominent public health concern in South Africa (SA). Despite many government interventions, unintended pregnancies and termination of pregnancies remain relatively high. This review aimed to map evidence on factors influencing cont...

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Autores principales: Hlongwa, Mbuzeleni, Mashamba-Thompson, Tivani, Makhunga, Sizwe, Hlongwana, Khumbulani
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7220276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32195948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000019490
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author Hlongwa, Mbuzeleni
Mashamba-Thompson, Tivani
Makhunga, Sizwe
Hlongwana, Khumbulani
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Mashamba-Thompson, Tivani
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description INTRODUCTION: Contraceptive use and sexual health behavior remain a prominent public health concern in South Africa (SA). Despite many government interventions, unintended pregnancies and termination of pregnancies remain relatively high. This review aimed to map evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior in SA. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review guided by Arksey and O’Malley's framework. We searched for articles from the following databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, American Doctoral Dissertations via EBSCO host, Union Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations (UCTD) and SA ePublications via SABINET Online and World Cat Dissertations, Theses via OCLC and Google Scholar. Studies published from January 1990 to March 2018 were included. We used the Population, Concept, and Context (PCC) framework and the PRISMA chart to report the screening of results. The Mixed Method Appraisal Tool (MMAT) version 11 and ACCODS tools were used to determine the quality of the included studies. RESULTS: A total of 2030 articles were identified by our search criteria for title screening. Only 21 studies met our inclusion criteria and were included in quality assessment stage. We found that knowledge of a contraceptive method, length of a relationship, sexual debut, age difference between partners availability of a contraceptive method, long waiting hours, and nurse's attitudes toward human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or younger clients predict whether or not women use a contraceptive method or improve sexual behavior. CONCLUSION: There remains a necessity for improving educational programs aimed at transferring knowledge on contraceptives and sexual behavior to both women and their male counterparts, alongside the public health systems’ improvements.
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spelling pubmed-72202762020-06-15 Evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior among women in South Africa: A scoping review Hlongwa, Mbuzeleni Mashamba-Thompson, Tivani Makhunga, Sizwe Hlongwana, Khumbulani Medicine (Baltimore) 7400 INTRODUCTION: Contraceptive use and sexual health behavior remain a prominent public health concern in South Africa (SA). Despite many government interventions, unintended pregnancies and termination of pregnancies remain relatively high. This review aimed to map evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior in SA. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review guided by Arksey and O’Malley's framework. We searched for articles from the following databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, American Doctoral Dissertations via EBSCO host, Union Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations (UCTD) and SA ePublications via SABINET Online and World Cat Dissertations, Theses via OCLC and Google Scholar. Studies published from January 1990 to March 2018 were included. We used the Population, Concept, and Context (PCC) framework and the PRISMA chart to report the screening of results. The Mixed Method Appraisal Tool (MMAT) version 11 and ACCODS tools were used to determine the quality of the included studies. RESULTS: A total of 2030 articles were identified by our search criteria for title screening. Only 21 studies met our inclusion criteria and were included in quality assessment stage. We found that knowledge of a contraceptive method, length of a relationship, sexual debut, age difference between partners availability of a contraceptive method, long waiting hours, and nurse's attitudes toward human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or younger clients predict whether or not women use a contraceptive method or improve sexual behavior. CONCLUSION: There remains a necessity for improving educational programs aimed at transferring knowledge on contraceptives and sexual behavior to both women and their male counterparts, alongside the public health systems’ improvements. Wolters Kluwer Health 2020-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7220276/ /pubmed/32195948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000019490 Text en Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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title Evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior among women in South Africa: A scoping review
title_full Evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior among women in South Africa: A scoping review
title_fullStr Evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior among women in South Africa: A scoping review
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title_short Evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior among women in South Africa: A scoping review
title_sort evidence on factors influencing contraceptive use and sexual behavior among women in south africa: a scoping review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7220276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32195948
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