| dc.description.abstract | Background: This study was set to determine the factors associated with the uptake and acceptability of immediate Postpartum Intrauterine Device among mothers who delivered at Mityana District Hospital.
Objectives: To assess factors associated with uptake and acceptability of immediate PPIUDs in Mityana Hospital.
Methods: The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional study design in which data was collected using a questionnaire administered approach from 200 postpartum mothers and 20 midwives in maternity wing from Mityana hospital.
Results: The study found that none of the socio demographic characteristics that is age (p = 0.839> 0.05, OR-0.94; 95% CI 0.52-1.69), education level (p = 0.381> 0.05, OR-0.77; 95% CI-0.44-1.38), religion (p = 0.836 > 0.05, OR-1.08; 95% CI-0.53-2.19) and marital status (p = 0.297, AOR=0.56, C.I: 0.19-1.66) significantly influenced uptake and acceptability of immediate PPIUDS among postpartum mothers. It also established that parity (p = 0.504 > 0.05, OR-0.82; 95% CI-0.46-1.46) and desired period of spacing between births (p = 0.981 > 0.05, OR-0.99; 95% CI-1. 0.54-1.84) are not significant obstetrical factors influencing uptake and acceptability of immediate PPIUDS among postpartum mothers. Amongst midwives‟ knowledge and equipment availability was 20(100%) the organization factors that influenced uptake and acceptability of immediate PPIUDS among postpartum mothers.
Conclusions: The uptake and acceptability of immediate Postpartum Intrauterine Device as demonstrating skill such uptake and acceptability of immediate Postpartum Intrauterine Device is highest among postpartum mothers that report IUD availability in their nearest health facilities.
Recommendations: The health workers in the different health facilities should ensure skills in as far as the postpartum services to the mothers that give birth are concerned and the management of health facilities should innovatively design strategies that ensure timely procurement and availability of equipment used for IUD insertion as a way of promoting Postpartum Intrauterine Device services uptake and acceptability amongst postpartum mothers | en_US |
