The Lived Experience of Discontinuing Hormonal Contraception Among Women in Rural Uganda
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2011-04-20
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International Journal for Human Caring
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The purpose of the study was to describe the experience of discontinuing hormonal
contraceptive use among women in rural Uganda. Asignificant number of women in
Uganda discontinue hormonal contraception even though such method has been effective.
Consequently, these women have unprotected sex, although not wanting to conceive.
Narrative descriptions of the experiences by eight women were analyzed using
content analysis. The findings describe the experience as Frustration and Helplessness,
Living in Fear of Uncertainty, Ingenuity of using other methods of contraception, thus
fostering the Accomplishments of being a wife, mother, and woman. Implications for
nursing practice, research, and education are described.
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Mwizerwa, J., & Rozzano, L. C. (2011). The Lived Experience of Discontinuing Hormonal Contraception Among Women in Rural Uganda. International Journal for Human Caring, 15(1), 56.