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Background: The low access and use of Long Acting Reversible Contraception CLARC) - Intra-Uterine device (IUD) in Ethiopia is attributed to multiple factors, but the level of knowledge of health care providers who are responsible for providing the family planning services to their clients including IUD plays the major role.
Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess providers' knowledge of IUD and the
associated factors.
Methods: The study employed a cross-sectional study. A simple random sampling (SRS) technique was employed to select study health centers from those health centers with SIX or more health care providers working in the delivery case team and 341 providers participated in the study. A Pre-tested self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from all eligible participants. The data was summarized using frequency table and proportion. Logistic regression was used to identify associated factors of knowledge of health care providers.
Results: The average correct knowledge answered by providers was 26.7 of 40 knowledge
questions. The highest correct response was about the objectives of counseling 84.1 % and the
lowest about the favorable time to insert IUD 56.4%. Providers' knowledge was categorized
based on a cut point score of 28 correct answers out of forty questions, 51.9 % of the providers
labeled as poor and 48.1 % as good knowledge about IUD. In-service training was significantly
associated with IUD knowledge of health care providers.
Conclusion and recommendations. In general providers' knowledge towards IUD was poor, particularly about its use, action mechanism, appropriate time to insert, myth and misconceptions, side effects and women appropriate to use IUD were. We recommend that regular In-service training need to be given to providers through continuing medical education and/or peer to peer education as deemed appropriate.
Results: The average correct knowledge answered by providers was 26.7 of 40 knowledge
questions. The highest correct response was about the objectives of counseling 84.1 % and the
lowest about the favorable time to insert IUD 56.4%. Providers' knowledge was categorized
based on a cut point score of 28 correct answers out of forty questions, 51.9 % of the providers
labeled as poor and 48.1 % as good knowledge about IUD. In-service training was significantly
associated with IUD knowledge of health care providers.
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