Abstract:
Back ground: Demand for long acting contraceptive methods is one of the key factors for total
fertility rate and reproductive health issues. Increased demand for these methods can decline fertility
rate through spacing and limiting family size in turn improving maternal and family health and
socio -economic development of a country. Even though a number of study conducted about LAC
Method still there are limited evidences on the real magnitude of demand for the methods.
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess demand for long acting reversible contraceptive
methods and associated factors among women of family planning users age group15-49 years in
Dabat district Health centers, North Gondar Ethiopia.
Methodology: facility based cross -sectional study was conducted in Dabat district health
center from November 1-30 /2018 among 421 family planning users in North Gondar zone Dabat
public health facility and used well -structured questionnaire at client exit interview the client in each
health facility was selected by systematic random sampling method. Frequencies and percentage of
different variables were computed .Bi 杤ariable and multi-variable logistic regration was computed to
assess the presence and degree of association between the dependent and independent variables .
Results: The study showed that, demand for long acting contraceptives were 34.9%
contraceptive methods
Conclusion The finding in these study was Demand for long acting contraceptive methods
among current family planning users was observed to be thirty four point nine in the district which
was similar compared to the result of other studies there is a significant proportion of the mothers
having un met need of twenty one point two for the methods for both spacing and limiting due to
different reasons. The multi variable analysis reveled that variable such as: convenience service
,discussion with husband about the method ,ever heard the method and know advantage of the method
are positively associated with long acting reversable contraceptive methods.
Keywords: Demand, Unmet need, Long acting contraceptives, Dabat district
