The Right to Reproductive Health- Women’s Access and Use of Family Planning Services in Mityana District A Case Study Of Malangala Sub-County

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION

APPROVAL ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

ACRONYMNS v

TABLE OF CONTENT vi

LIST OF TABLES ix

ABSTRACT x

CHAPTER ONE 1

GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Introduction to the study 1

1.1 Background of the Study 2

1.2 Statement of Problem 4

1.3 Scope of Study 4

1.4 General Objectives 4

1.4.1 Specific Objectives 4

1.4.2 Significance of the Study 5

1.5 Justification 5

1.6 Conceptual Framework s

1.7 Definition of key terms 7

CHAPTER TWOS 8

LITERATURE REVIEW 8

2.0. Introduction 8

2.1. Human Right and Family Planning 8

2.1.1. The international conference of population development Cairo 1994 8

2.1.2. Beijing Plat form of Action (1995) 9

2.1.4. The International Convention on Social Economic and Cultural Rights; 10

2.3. National hrts instruments 11

2.3.1. Uganda Constitution 11

2.3.2. National health Policy 12

2.4. Family planning methods 12

2.5. Knowledge of family planning among women Ugandan women 13

2.6. Access to Family Planning services 14

2.7. The use of family planning services by women 15

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2.8. Unmet need for family planning by Ugandan women 16

2.7. Challenges faced by women worldwide regarding access and use of family planning

services 17

CHAPTER THREE 20

METHODOLOGY 20

3.0 Introduction 20

3.1 Research Design 20

3.2StudyArea 20

3.3 Study population 20

3.4 Sample size 20

3.5 Sample procedure 21

3.6 Methods of data collection 21

3.8. Data Analysis 21

3.9. Limitations of the study 22

3.10. Ethical consideration 22

CHAPTER FOUR 23

DATA PRESENTATION 23

4.0 Introduction 23

4.1 Demographic and social characteristics of respondents 23

4.1.1 Age 23

4.1.2 Occupation of the respondents 24

4.2 The meaning of the right to family planning 24

4.2 Usage of the F.P services 27

4.3 Challenges faced by the women in accessing and using family planning services 27

CHAPTER FIVE 29

DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 29

5.0. Introduction 29

5.1 Discussion of findings 29

5.1.1 The Right to access and use family planning services by the women in Malangala sub

county 29

5.1.2 Services that make up reproductive health and family planning 30

5.1.3 Knowledge of Family planning and reproductive health (brochures, radio) 30

5.1.4 Privacy and confidentiality 31

5.1.5 Accessibility of services 31