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The promotion strategies for voluntary surgical contraception

M.Cur. / A study on promotion strategies for voluntary surgical contraception in Family Planning Clinic of Swaziland. There is under-utilization of voluntary surgical contraception in Family Planning Clinic of Swaziland. The clinic started to operate in 1995 up to date, there are only 88 clients who had been operated on. The aim of this study is to explore and describe factors, which contribute to client satisfaction with this method, so that promotion strategies will be developed to increase the demand. Purposive sampling, which is a probability method was utilized to select the sample. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect the data from 10 participants - five males and five females. The researcher discovered that participants are satisfied with voluntary surgical contraception. The reasons for their satisfaction are because of the good counseling, benefits, positive attitude of the service provider and technical competence of the doctor. Information, education, communication and promotion strategies were then developed based on the themes identified. The information, education and communication strategy is given by satisfied clients in terms of interpersonal communication, mass media and also advocating strategy.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:10338
Date13 September 2012
CreatorsMkhonta, Nkosazana Ruth
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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