Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs

Research

Electronic data

  • Accepted Manuscript_Contraception

    Rights statement: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Women's Reproductive Health on 02/08/2018, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23293691.2018.1463737

    Accepted author manuscript, 827 KB, PDF document

    Available under license: CC BY-NC: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs: Motivators Barriers and Unmet Needs

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs: Motivators Barriers and Unmet Needs. / Mburu, Gitau; Ndimbii, James; Ayon, Sylvia et al.
In: Womens Reproductive Health, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2018, p. 99-116.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Mburu, G, Ndimbii, J, Ayon, S, Mlewa, O, Mbizvo, M, Kihara, C & Ragi, A 2018, 'Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs: Motivators Barriers and Unmet Needs', Womens Reproductive Health, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2018.1463737

APA

Mburu, G., Ndimbii, J., Ayon, S., Mlewa, O., Mbizvo, M., Kihara, C., & Ragi, A. (2018). Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs: Motivators Barriers and Unmet Needs. Womens Reproductive Health, 5(2), 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2018.1463737

Vancouver

Mburu G, Ndimbii J, Ayon S, Mlewa O, Mbizvo M, Kihara C et al. Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs: Motivators Barriers and Unmet Needs. Womens Reproductive Health. 2018;5(2):99-116. Epub 2018 Aug 2. doi: 10.1080/23293691.2018.1463737

Author

Mburu, Gitau ; Ndimbii, James ; Ayon, Sylvia et al. / Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs : Motivators Barriers and Unmet Needs. In: Womens Reproductive Health. 2018 ; Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 99-116.

Bibtex

@article{3a38b5966fc14548b4ec92138b88a1e5,
title = "Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs: Motivators Barriers and Unmet Needs",
abstract = "We explored contraceptive use among 45 women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya. Overall, 29% were using contraceptives, motivated by a fear of unplanned pregnancy, a desire to shield children from the difficulties of drug use, the need to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, encouragement from health providers and outreach workers, or because they had achieved the desired number of children. However, 69% were not using contraceptives. Barriers to use included current pregnancy intentions, perceived infertility due to drug-induced amenorrhea, side effects, intimate partners{\textquoteright} influence, lack of information, complex health care appointments, and transportation costs. Rights-based integration of sexual and reproductive health into harm reduction services for women who inject drugs is required to minimize unmet contraception needs.",
keywords = "Africa, drug abuse and dependence, contraception, reproductive health",
author = "Gitau Mburu and James Ndimbii and Sylvia Ayon and Onesmus Mlewa and Mike Mbizvo and Cecilia Kihara and Allan Ragi",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1080/23293691.2018.1463737",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "99--116",
journal = "Womens Reproductive Health",
publisher = "BIOMED CENTRAL LTD",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Contraceptive Use among Women who Inject Drugs

T2 - Motivators Barriers and Unmet Needs

AU - Mburu, Gitau

AU - Ndimbii, James

AU - Ayon, Sylvia

AU - Mlewa, Onesmus

AU - Mbizvo, Mike

AU - Kihara, Cecilia

AU - Ragi, Allan

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - We explored contraceptive use among 45 women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya. Overall, 29% were using contraceptives, motivated by a fear of unplanned pregnancy, a desire to shield children from the difficulties of drug use, the need to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, encouragement from health providers and outreach workers, or because they had achieved the desired number of children. However, 69% were not using contraceptives. Barriers to use included current pregnancy intentions, perceived infertility due to drug-induced amenorrhea, side effects, intimate partners’ influence, lack of information, complex health care appointments, and transportation costs. Rights-based integration of sexual and reproductive health into harm reduction services for women who inject drugs is required to minimize unmet contraception needs.

AB - We explored contraceptive use among 45 women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya. Overall, 29% were using contraceptives, motivated by a fear of unplanned pregnancy, a desire to shield children from the difficulties of drug use, the need to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, encouragement from health providers and outreach workers, or because they had achieved the desired number of children. However, 69% were not using contraceptives. Barriers to use included current pregnancy intentions, perceived infertility due to drug-induced amenorrhea, side effects, intimate partners’ influence, lack of information, complex health care appointments, and transportation costs. Rights-based integration of sexual and reproductive health into harm reduction services for women who inject drugs is required to minimize unmet contraception needs.

KW - Africa

KW - drug abuse and dependence

KW - contraception

KW - reproductive health

U2 - 10.1080/23293691.2018.1463737

DO - 10.1080/23293691.2018.1463737

M3 - Journal article

VL - 5

SP - 99

EP - 116

JO - Womens Reproductive Health

JF - Womens Reproductive Health

IS - 2

ER -