| Titre : | Contraceptive practices in Armenia : Panel evaluation of an Information-Education-Communication Campaign. (2006) |
| Auteurs : | THOMPSON (Michael-E) : USA. University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Charlotte NC. ; HARUTYUNYAN (Tsovinar-L) : ARM. American University of Armenia. Yerevan. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 63, n° 11, 2006) |
| Pagination : | 2770-2783 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Contraceptif ; Comportement sexuel ; Arménie ; Asie ; Evaluation ; Education ; Evaluation enseignement ; Enseignement ; Planification familiale ; Programme santé ; Homme ; Contraception |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 4QR0xLoC. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Induced abortion remains the major form of birth control among Armenian women, contributing to their excess mortality and preventable morbidity. Reliance on abortion is attributed to limited access to information concerning modern methods of contraception and to widely held misinformation among women regarding family planning and reproductive health. Based on the Steps to Behavior Change model, the Green Path Campaign for Family Health, an information-education-communication (IEC) campaign, was launched in June 2000. This multimedia campaign promoted greater awareness, knowledge, acceptance, and adoption of modern contraception through increased utilization of counseling and related services provided at underutilized family planning centers. A representative panel of 1088 married women aged 18-35 were surveyed on reproductive health/family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices immediately prior to and immediately following the 6-month national campaign. Exposure to the campaign was associated with significant increases in factors associated with contraceptive behavior change : knowledge, favorable attitudes toward modern methods, favorable attitudes toward family planning services, and information seeking and utilization of family planning services. Women who were more educated, more affluent, and slightly older were more likely to use family planning services as well as modern contraceptive methods. New visits to family planning centers increased by 84%. Despite the usual 25% turnover among those using modern methods at the start of the study, use of modern contraceptive methods increased by 4.6%, significantly exceeding the projected 3% increase. The results document changes in underlying behavioral predictors consistent with the Steps to Behavior Change model and highlight the relatively untapped potential of media-based health promotion efforts in post-Soviet Republics. |
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