The Study of Family Planning Interpersonal Communication/Counseling in Contraceptive Use

Abstract

The contraceptive discontinuation rate among women age 15-49 increased from 21 percent in 2002-2003 to 29 percent in 2017. The absence of family planning counseling is considered as one of the factors associated with contraceptive discontinuation. The aim of this study was to assess the implementation of family planning interpersonal communication/counseling conducted by midwives. Data were collected in South Sumatera and West Kalimantan, with a combination of qualitative and quantitative descriptive methods. Family planning (FP) counseling should be conducted prior to contraceptive use. Observation of client-provider interactions indicated that all the clients who came to the health center for family planning services have received counselling. However, the counselling was not yet appropriate, it was not in accordance with guiding principles of counselling and there are several aspects of micro counselling skills that are not implemented during counselling. The study also concluded that there were significant differences in knowledge regarding the contraceptive methods between clients who received interpersonal communication/counseling and who were not. Efforts should be made to ensure interpersonal communication/counseling implemented prior to contraceptive use; the using of the Decision-Making Tool for family planning clients and providers is highly suggested, so that interpersonal communication/counseling is based on the key principles of good counselling.

The Implementation of Family Planning program during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review

“…However, it is feared that the increase in sexual relations will have an impact on increasing the birth rate and the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies. On the other hand, if the pandemic situation causes conflicts in the household and stress due to loss of privacy, then sexual activity will decrease [7].…”

Family Planning Counseling During the Covid-19 Pandemic

“…Prior to the COVID-19 emergency, the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health was aggressively working to improve the quality of Family Planning and Reproductive Health (KBKR) services, one of which was improving family planning counseling (KB) services. By improving counseling services, it is hoped that it can help couples determine the number of children, when is the right time to have children, the desired contraceptive tool / method, and reduce the drop-out rate of contraceptive use (Kistiana et al, 2020). However, currently the world has been devastated by COVID-19 which has resulted in limitation and reduction of health services, including family planning counseling services (IPPF, 2020a).…”