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Fatemeh MT, Maryam N, Leila M. The story of staying out of normal routine life in adolescent mothers in marginal areas in Urmia through the Lenz of conventional content analysis approach. Midwifery 2024; 137:104108. [PMID: 39068701 DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2024.104108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent pregnancy is a main health concern in relation to adolescent mothers and their neonates especially in deprived areas. AIM This study aimed to explore the experiences of adolescent mothers who live in deprived marginal areas in Urmia in Iran. METHODS This qualitative study was conducted in 2022-2023 using the conventional content analysis approach. Participants were eighteen adolescent mothers purposefully selected from healthcare centers in marginal areas in Urmia. Data were gathered via semi-structured interviews and were analyzed by the conventional content analysis method proposed by Graneheim and Lundman. FINDINGS ''Staying out of the life normal routine' was the main theme consisted of four categories 'forced early marriage', 'experience of abuse', 'learned helplessness', and 'impulses of hope under the shadow of motherhood' and five sub-categories role conflict, lifelong regret, attachment, reviving the lost self-value and the delight of family establishment. CONCLUSION Based on the results of the study health care providers, especially midwives, will be oriented to deal with adolescent mothers to help them to have successful transition to motherhood.
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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- Nursing Department, Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Valiaasr Ave, Education, Research and Student Deputy, Khoy, West Azerbaijan 5816753464, Iran.
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Zolfaghary F, Agajani-Delavar M, Adib-Rad H, Bakouei F, Kazem-Aslani M. Child marriage and quality of marriage among young married women in a rural district, Lorestan Province, Iran. BMC Res Notes 2024; 17:218. [PMID: 39095831 PMCID: PMC11297568 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-024-06880-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/30/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Child marriage remains a significant socio-cultural phenomenon with profound implications for the quality of marital relationships, particularly among young women. This study investigates the association between child marriage and the quality of marriage among young married women in Iran. METHODS This study employed a population-based cross-sectional research design. A total of 70 young women, aged 18-20 years, who had married before reaching 18 years of age, were selected from four primary health care (PHC) centers in Papi District, Lorestan Province, Iran, employing a systematic random sampling approach. Subjects were categorized into women experiencing relationship distress and those without such distress using the Quality of Marriage Index (QMI). Concurrently, their level of sexual satisfaction was assessed utilizing the Hudson's Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS). Furthermore, Social Support was evaluated using the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ). RESULTS The mean age (SD) of women was 18.9 (0.7) years, and their mean age (SD) of marriage was 15.2 (2.1) years. Women experiencing distress showed significant differences in age of menarche (P = 0.006), education levels (P = 0.039), spouses' education (P = 0.025), spouses' occupations (P = 0.004), household income satisfaction (P = 0.041), and household structure (P = 0.045). Pearson's correlation coefficient analysis revealed significant and positive correlations between sexual self-efficacy and social support with marital quality (r = 0.73, p < 0.001 and r = 0.55, p < 0.001, respectively). Conversely, there was a significant negative correlation between the score of indexes of sexual satisfaction and marital quality (r = -0.65, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION These findings emphasize the complex factors affecting marital quality and underscore the urgent need for interventions to support young women in early marriages. It is essential to reinforce policies aimed at reducing child marriage to improve the quality of marriage among young married women.
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- Student Research Committee, Master’s student in midwifery counseling, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
- Infertility and Health Reproductive Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
- Sepiddasht Research Committee, Master’s student in midwifery counseling, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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- Fatemeh Zolfaghary
- Student Research Committee, Master's student in midwifery counseling, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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- Infertility and Health Reproductive Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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- Infertility and Health Reproductive Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
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- Infertility and Health Reproductive Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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- Sepiddasht Health and Treatment Network, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Sepiddasht, Iran
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Izugbara C, Suubi K, Afifu C, Salami T, Opondo E. The persistence of high rates of child marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia: A scoping review. Health Care Women Int 2024:1-24. [PMID: 39088101 DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2024.2385328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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While there is evidence that child marriage (CM) is reducing globally, rates in many contexts remain far too high. To understand the persistence of high rates of CM, we searched multiple databases for peer-reviewed, English language articles published between 2000 and 2023. High CM rates are continuing in circumstances of tenacious unequal gender norms, widespread poverty, limited schooling and economic prospects for girls, and weak awareness and enforcement of CM laws. Other contributing factors were opposition to women and girls' sexual, bodily, and reproductive rights; weak birth registration systems; a high proportion of women who married young in previous generations; early puberty; improved girls' agency; and the growing number of boys and young men who, having acquired locally prized masculinity resources, feel compelled to marry. We highlight the implications of the review findings for future research, policy and programmatic efforts aimed at addressing the persistence of CM.
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- Chimaraoke Izugbara
- International Center for Research on Women, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- International Center for Research on Women, Kampala, Uganda
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- International Center for Research on Women, Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Center for Research on Women, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- International Center for Research on Women, Nairobi, Kenya
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Phiri M, Odimegwu C, Adewoyin Y. Social context of contraceptive use transition among sexually active women in Zambia (1992-2018): A decomposition analysis. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300506. [PMID: 38625959 PMCID: PMC11020625 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Contraception is an important public health initiative for addressing maternal health outcomes associated with unplanned pregnancies, unsafe abortions and maternal deaths. Although contraceptive use has been on the rise globally, the observed increases in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are sub-optimal and vary among countries. In Zambia, drivers of contraceptive use transition are not well documented. Thus, this study examined the drivers of contraceptive use change among sexually active women in Zambia between 1992 and 2018. METHODS Data came from the six Zambia Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 1992 and 2018. A sample of 44,762 fecund sexually active women aged 15-49 years was analysed using multivariable Blinder Oaxaca decomposition regression analysis. Analysis took into account the complex survey design. Results were presented using adjusted coefficients, their 95% confidence intervals, and percentages. RESULTS The prevalence of contraceptive use among sexually active women increased significantly by 30.8 percentage points from 14.2% (95% CI: 12.8, 15.6) to 45.0% (95% CI: 43.6, 46.4) during the period 1992 to 2018. The major share of the increase happened during the period 1992-1996 (10.2%) while the least increase occurred between 2013 and 2018 (0.2%). Overall, about 15% of the increase in the prevalence of contraceptive use was attributable to changes in the compositional characteristics of women. On the other hand, 85% of the increase was due to change in contraceptive behaviour of sexually active women. Changes in women's compositional characteristics such as secondary education (5.84%), fertility preference (5.63%), number of living children (3.30%) and experience of child mortality (7.68%) were associated with the increase in contraceptive use prevalence. CONCLUSION Change in contraceptive behaviour of sexually active women contributed largely to the observed increase in contraceptive use prevalence in Zambia. Increase in the proportion of women attaining secondary education, decrease in the percentage of women who want large families and improvement in child survival were the major compositional factors driving the rise in contraceptive use. The findings imply that increasing investment in education sector and enhancing existing family planning programmes has the potential to further improve contraceptive use prevalence in Zambia.
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- Million Phiri
- Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Demography, Population Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Michael TO, Ojo TF, Ijabadeniyi OA, Ibikunle MA, Oni JO, Agboola AA. Prevalence and factors associated with contraceptive use among sexually active adolescent girls in 25 sub-Saharan African countries. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297411. [PMID: 38416766 PMCID: PMC10901330 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Various countries in sub-Saharan Africa have taken divergent steps toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goal's target of universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services by 2030, particularly among sexually active adolescent girls who are at risk of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. However, because contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents remains unexplored in sub-Saharan Africa, the researchers intended to examine the prevalence and factors associated with contraceptive use among adolescent girls who had been sexually active in the previous four weeks. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cross-sectional data from the most recent demographic and health surveys of 25 sub-Saharan African countries on 16,442 sexually active adolescent girls were analyzed. In the analyses, descriptive statistics and multivariate binary logistic regression were used. Analyses were statistically significant at p<0.05. RESULTS The overall prevalence of contraceptive use was 25.4%. Chad had the lowest prevalence (4%), while Namibia had the highest (60.5%). Over 90% of the countries studied had less than 50% contraceptive use among sexually active adolescent girls. Adolescent girls withhigher education were eight times more likely than those with no formal education to use contraception (aOR = 7.97, 95% Cl = 6.26-9.45). When compared to single adolescent girls, married adolescent girls were 66% less likely to use contraceptives (aOR = 0.34, 95% Cl = 0.31-0.36). Adolescent girls with two or more children were seven times more likely than those without a child to use contraceptives (aOR = 6.91, 95% Cl = 5.58-8.56). CONCLUSION It is established that there exists a low prevalence of contraceptive use among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa. As countries in the sub-region strive for universal access to reproductive health services, it is critical for the governments and civil societies in countries with low contraceptive use to strengthen mass education on the use of contraception among sexually active adolescents, with special emphasis on the less educated, married, and adolescent girls from poor households.
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- Turnwait Otu Michael
- Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
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Sikaluzwe M, Phiri M, Lemba M, Shasha L, Muhanga M. Trends in prevalence and factors associated with unintended pregnancies in Zambia (2001-2018). BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2024; 24:148. [PMID: 38383354 PMCID: PMC10880343 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06311-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Unintended pregnancies can pose significant public health concerns for both maternal and child health because of their associated risks and implications. Experience of unintended pregnancies may lead to delay in seeking antenatal care, thus leading to increased risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Globally, the prevalence of unintended pregnancies has declined. However, the problem remains acute in sub-Saharan Africa. This study was conducted to examine the factors associated with an experience of unintended pregnancy among women of reproductive ages in Zambia. METHODS This study used secondary data from the Zambia Demographic and Health Surveys (ZDHSs) which were conducted between 2001 and 2018. A pooled weighted sample of 4,090 pregnant women of reproductive age 15-49 years at the time of the survey was included in the analysis. Multivariable binary logistic regression model was employed to examine the association between independent correlates and experience of unintended pregnancy. All statistical analyses were conducted using Stata software. RESULTS Findings show that the proportion of women of reproductive age who experienced unintended pregnancy in Zambia declined from 50.4% (95% CI: 47.1, 53.8) in 2001 to 45.2% (95% CI: 40.5, 49.9) in 2018. The decline in the prevalence of unintended pregnancy is more pronounced among women age groups 25-29 years and 30-34 years. Increasing age was associated with an increased risk of experiencing unintended pregnancies. On the other hand, women who were living in rural areas (aOR = 0.76; 95% CI: 0.58, 1.00) and those with tertiary education (aOR = 0.46; 95% CI: 0.26, 0.80) were less likely to experience an unintended pregnancy. Women who desired a large family (aOR = 0.45; 95% CI: 0.24, 0.85) and those who watched television (aOR = 0.75; 95% CI: 0.59, 0.94) had lower odds of experiencing unintended pregnancies. CONCLUSIONS The study has established that the prevalence of unintended pregnancy is still high in Zambia. Women's age, place of residence, level of education, desired family size and exposure to media were associated with the risk of experiencing an unintended pregnancy. Enhancing access to family planning services and commodities targeting women with low education levels will be key to further reduce unintended pregnancies.
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- Milika Sikaluzwe
- Department of Demography, Population Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
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- Department of Demography, Population Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
- Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Demography, Population Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Demography, Population Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of the Development and Strategic Studies, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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Phiri M, Lemba M, Shasha L, Sikaluzwe M, Simona S. Perceived ideal number of children among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa: does exposure to family planning messages matter? BMC Womens Health 2023; 23:479. [PMID: 37689659 PMCID: PMC10492302 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02609-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Even though evidence shows that fertility transition has begun almost everywhere in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the decline has been slower than in other parts of the world. Research shows that there is a positive relationship between fertility levels and fertility preference. Therefore, many countries in the region are implementing family planning education campaigns targeting at influencing reproductive behavior of women. Thus, this study aimed to examine the extent to which exposure to family planning communication influences fertility preferences of adolescent girls in SSA. METHODS This study used data extracted from the most recent Demographic and Health Survey datasets for 28 countries in SSA. Analyses were conducted on a pooled sample of 87,950 female adolescents' aged 15-19 years who were captured in respective country's survey. Multivariable binary logistic regression model was fitted in Stata version 17 software to examine the association between exposure to family planning communication and fertility preference among adolescent girls in SSA. RESULTS The average fertility preference among adolescent girls in SSA was 4.6 children (95% CI: 4.5, 4.7). Findings show that regardless of the country, adolescents who had exposure to family planning messages [aOR = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.72-0.80] were less likely to prefer 4 or more children. On average, fertility preference among adolescents who had exposure to family planning communication was (3.8 children compared to 4.5 children; p < 0.001) among those with no exposure. Furthermore, results show that married adolescents in SSA who had exposure to family planning message had a higher average preferred family size compared to those who were not married (4.8 versus 3.8; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Exposure to family planning communication has shown the potential to influence adolescents' fertility preference in sub-Saharan Africa. Adolescents with exposure to family planning messages preferred a small family size. Therefore, there is a need to scale-up family planning education programmes in order to reduce fertility further in SSA.
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- Million Phiri
- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
- Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Social Work and Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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Shasha L, Phiri M, Namayawa S, Sikaluzwe M, Nakazwe C, Lemba M, Muhanga M. Prevalence and factors associated with early childbearing in sub-saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys of 31 countries. BMC Womens Health 2023; 23:430. [PMID: 37580760 PMCID: PMC10426215 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02581-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Early childbearing remains a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) because it has substantial implications for women's and children's health and population control. However, little is known about recent changes in early childbearing in the region following the implementation of the Family Planning 2020 initiative (FP2020) national-level interventions. Thus, this study examined factors associated with early childbearing among women in SSA. METHODS The study used data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 31 countries in sub-Saharan Africa between 2010 and 2021. The analysis included a pooled sample of 54,671 parous young women aged 20-24 years. A multivariable binary logistic regression model was used to examine the association between early childbearing and individual and household-level factors. All analyses were weighted to account for complex survey design. RESULTS The study shows that the mean prevalence of early childbearing was high in SSA at 39% (95% CI: 35, 43). Chad had the highest prevalence of early childbearing, 62% (95% CI: 60, 64) while Rwanda had the lowest prevalence of 13% (95% CI: 11, 15). Completing secondary school (aOR = 0.57; 95% CI: 0.52, 0.62) or attaining tertiary level education (aOR = 0.32; 95% CI: 0.22, 0.45), first sexual debut in the age range 15-24 years (aOR = 0.15; 95% CI: 0.14, 0.16) and desire for a small family size (aOR = 0.63; 95% CI: 0.58, 0.69) were associated with reduced odds of early childbearing among young women in SSA. CONCLUSION The study has established that the prevalence of early childbearing is high in SSA. Level of education, age at first sexual debut, household size, and desired family size are associated with early childbearing in SSA. Governments of SSA countries should enhance sexual and reproductive health interventions to change reproductive behaviour, particularly in adolescents and young women.
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- Liness Shasha
- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
- Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Zambia Statistics Agency, Lusaka, Zambia
- School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Development and Strategic Studies, College of Social Sciences and Humanities - Sokoine, University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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Phiri M, Namayawa S, Sianyeuka B, Sikanyiti P, Lemba M. Determinants of spousal physical violence against women in Zambia: a multilevel analysis. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:934. [PMID: 37221522 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15927-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Violence against women and girls is a major public health issue, a violation of human rights, and is linked to a number of harmful effects on one's physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health. Studies conducted in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suggest that there is an association between contextual factors and experience of intimate partner violence. However, in Zambia, this association is not well documented. Thus, this study was conducted to examine how individual and community-level characteristics influence spousal violence against women in Zambia. METHODS Data from the most recent Zambia Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2018 was used. A sample of 7,358 ever-married women aged 15-49 years was used in the analysis. Two level multilevel binary logistic regression models were employed to examine the association between individual and contextual-level factors and experience of spousal violence. RESULTS The prevalence of spousal physical violence against women in Zambia was 21.1% [95% CI, 19.8, 22.5]. Women aged 15-19 [aOR = 2.36, 95% CI = 1.34-4.14] and 20-24 [aOR = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.38-3.22], who did not own mobile phone [aOR = 1.36, 95% CI = 1.10-1.69], and had low decision making autonomy [aOR = 1.24, 95% CI = 1.01-1.54] were more likely experience spousal physical violence. Furthermore, communities which had a low proportion of women with decision making power [aOR = 1.66, 95% CI = 1.26-2.19] were more likely experience spousal physical violence. Additionally, women whose partners' drank alcohol [aOR = 2.81, 95% CI = 2.30-3.45] and those whose partners exhibited jealous behaviour [aOR = 2.38, 95% CI = 1.88-3.21] were more likely to experience spousal physical violence. CONCLUSION Both individual and community-level factors influenced spousal physical violence in Zambia. Integrating community level factors when designing interventions to address gender-based would be key to reduce women's vulnerability to gender based violence in the country. There is need to re-evaluate and re-strategize current strategies being implemented to address gender based violence in the country to make them context specific.
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- Million Phiri
- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
- Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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Mulemena D, Phiri M, Mutombo N, Lukama C, Odhiambo JN, Kalinda C. Factors associated with fertility intentions among women living with and without human immunodeficiency virus in Zambia. WOMEN'S HEALTH (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2023; 19:17455057231219600. [PMID: 38130101 DOI: 10.1177/17455057231219600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Zambia is one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus among women of reproductive age. Notably, the literature shows that human immunodeficiency virus status is one of the factors that influence fertility intention among women of reproductive age. With increased access, uptake and coverage of anti retroviral therapy, there is a need to understand the influence of human immunodeficiency virus status on fertility intentions of women of reproductive age in Zambia. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the fertility intentions of both mothers living with human immunodeficiency virus and mothers living without human immunodeficiency virus in Zambia. DESIGN This study adopted a cross-sectional design using data collected by the Zambia Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2018. The study sample comprised 7983 mothers in the reproductive age (15-49 years), of which 6704 were mothers living without human immunodeficiency virus and 1279 were mothers living with human immunodeficiency virus. METHODS Here, we determined the fertility intentions of mothers living with human immunodeficiency virus and mothers living without human immunodeficiency virus using secondary data. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to determine the association of individual and household socio-demographic factors on fertility intentions of mothers living with human immunodeficiency virus and mothers living without human immunodeficiency virus in Zambia. RESULTS Fertility intention among mothers living with human immunodeficiency virus was 42.1% while that on mothers living without human immunodeficiency virus was 55.5%. Regardless of human immunodeficiency virus status, fertility intention reduced with increasing age. Mothers aged 35-49 years who were living with human immunodeficiency virus (adjusted odds ratio = 0.12, 95% confidence interval = 0.06-0.24) and mothers aged 35-49 years who were living without human immunodeficiency virus (adjusted odds ratio = 0.18, 95% confidence interval = 0.13-0.26) had lower odds of intention to have another child compared to mothers aged 15-24 years. Furthermore, married mothers living with human immunodeficiency virus and those living without human immunodeficiency virus had increased odds of intention of having another child (adjusted odds ratio = 2.52, 95% confidence interval = 1.36-4.66) and (adjusted odds ratio = 3.21, 95% confidence interval = 2.36-4.36), respectively. CONCLUSION The study has established that age, marital status, parity and employment status were associated with fertility intention among women living with and without human immunodeficiency virus. The results necessitate the need for enhanced maternal health education for mothers regardless of human immunodeficiency virus status. Furthermore, there is a need for continuous counselling for both women living with human immunodeficiency virus and without human immunodeficiency virus during their routine human immunodeficiency virus care, to improve and enhance pregnancy outcomes.
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- David Mulemena
- USAID Zambia Accessible Markets for Health, John Snow Inc, Research and Training Institute (JSI, INC), Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
- Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Population Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
| | | | - Chester Kalinda
- Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda
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