Do perceived health risks outweigh the benefits of modern contraceptives? A qualitative study in a suburban population in Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

Women outweighed the risks, some of which were fallacious and exaggerated, against the benefits of modern contraceptives. It is crucial to address health concerns of women and what they 'heard' from their peers during counselling sessions. Also the non-contraceptive health benefits of modern methods should be well emphasized. Since informal sources are prevalent, the effectiveness of peer education should be studied in this community.

Why Iranian married women use withdrawal instead of oral contraceptives? A qualitative study from Iran

“…In this study hypomenorrhea was considered harmful by women. In India and Turkey there are also beliefs related to the idea that during menstruation dirty blood leaves the body [14,15]. Another study reported that women believed amenorrhea was associated with many problems including fatigue, head-aches, black or dark faces, gray skin, weakness and weight loss [16].…”

“…Only two participants were able to recognize the non-contraceptive health benefits for OC. A study in suburban Turkey also revealed that women were unaware of the non-contraceptive benefits of modern methods except for condom [15]. Advantages and disadvantages regarding withdrawal and OC use, seems could be explained within the context of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) [19].…”

The structure of contraceptive education and instruction within nurse led family planning clinics: a grounded theory study

“…It could be argued that this does not provide a balanced provision of information – nurses may be keen to minimise side‐effects to ensure compliance and emphasis efficacy. However, data does exist about side‐effect rates within clinical trials (Kammen & Oudshoorn 2002, Ay et al. 2007) perhaps it should be employed to give women a more accurate picture of the strengths and weaknesses of contraceptive methods within the consultation.…”

Womens Needs Related to Family Planning: Meta-Synthesis

“…The adaptation corresponded to an increase in two questions about social-historical context and ethical aspects in domain [2,17]. In the criteria analysis, all studies explained the social-historical context, guide themes, identified set of categories and inductive character of analysis [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. Eight studies reported about how participants were selected [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

“…Three presented their theoretical-methodological foundations [21,25,26]. All studies did not provide any information on some criterion [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].We followed the guidance by Campbell, et al [14] and Sandelowski and Barroso [27] about the importance of performing a careful judgment to avoid the exclusion of precise and relevant studies on synthesis. Therefore, it was sought, rigorously, on the explanations and the amount of information contained in the publications [27][28][29].…”