Contraceptive use in rural indigenous women

Abstract

Introduction: Family planning provides access to the use of contraceptive methods that allow benefits in sexual and reproductive health. However, the non-use of contraceptive methods, mainly in vulnerable populations such as the indigenous population, allows the establishment of spaces of higher fertility that influence the social and economic development of the population. Objective: To identify the use of contraception in rural indigenous women. Materials and methods: Quantitative, observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and field study. The population is finite since it is made up of 100 women who reside in the community of Pulinguí, Cantón Guano (Ecuador). For the collection of information, a modified questionnaire was applied with a bibliographic review and validated by experts. For data analysis and processing, the statistical program IBM SPSS 21 and Excel 2019 were used. Results: The age ranged from 36 to 45 years, corresponding to 55% of women. Ethnicity 97% indigenous, religion 51% evangelical, marital status 68% married, education level 51% primary, occupation 53% agriculture. Number of pregnancies 283, number of unplanned pregnancies 246. Knowledge 56% unknown, source of information 46% health personnel. Most used contraceptive method 24% injectables. Conclusions: A large proportion of women do not use any contraceptive method, also the acceptability for the use of methods such as condoms, intrauterine devices and ligation are minimal in their choice compared to hormonal methods.