Method, Use and Problems Encountered of Family Planning Services in the COVID-19 Pandemic Process

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 485 - 494, 05.12.2022

Deniz Eren , Burcu Küçükkaya

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.986296

Abstract

Family planning is essential to reducing poverty and ensuring a healthy, productive future for millions of women and girls around the world. With the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affecting health systems, supply chains of health products and lifestyles in many countries, some problems have been encountered in accessing family planning services and using methods. At the beginning of these problems, it comes first that individuals cannot access the family planning information, methods and services they need. Especially with the COVID-19 pandemic, minimizing home visits in line with the recommendation of the Ministry of Health, reducing face-to-face contact with practices such as social distance and quarantine, brings less use of contraceptive methods that require one-to-one application. In this process, women's needs not only for methods but also for accurate information and communication resources should be taken into account, and the risks specific to each country should be evaluated in the decision-making process by establishing the right policies in reshaping family planning services. In line with this, it is aimed to examine family planning services, method use and problems encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic process in this review.

Keywords

Pandemic, Contraceptive Methods, COVID-19, Family Planning

COVID-19 Pandemi Sürecinde Aile Planlaması Hizmetleri, Yöntem Kullanımı ve Karşılaşılan Sorunlar

Abstract

Aile planlaması, yoksulluğu azaltmak ve dünya çapında milyonlarca kadın ve kız çocuğu için sağlıklı, üretken bir gelecek sağlamak için çok önemlidir. COVID-19 pandemisinin birçok ülkede sağlık sistemlerini, sağlık ürünlerinin tedarik zincirlerini ve yaşam biçimlerini olumsuz etkilemesiyle birlikte, aile planlaması hizmetlerine ulaşımında yetersizlik ve yöntem kullanmada bazı sorunlarla karşılaşılmıştır. Bu sorunların başında, bireylerin ihtiyaç duydukları aile planlaması bilgilerine, yöntemlerine ve hizmetlerine erişememe yer almaktadır. Özellikle COVID 19 pandemisi ile Sağlık Bakanlığı’nın önerisi doğrultusunda ev ziyaretlerinin minimal düzeye indirilmesi, sosyal mesafe ve karantina gibi uygulamaların yapılmasıyla birlikte yüz yüze temasın azalması, birebir uygulamayı gerektiren kontraseptif yöntemlerin daha az kullanılmasını beraberinde getirmiştir. Bu süreçte, kadınların sadece yöntemlere değil aynı zamanda doğru bilgiye ve iletişim kaynaklarına gereksinimleri de göz önüne alınmalı, aile planlaması hizmetlerini yeniden şekillendirmede doğru politikalar oluşturularak, karar verme aşamasında her ülkeye özgü riskler değerlendirilmelidir. Bu doğrultuda, derlemede COVID-19 pandemi sürecinde aile planlaması hizmetleri, yöntem kullanımı ve karşılaşılan sorunları incelemek amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

Pandemi, Aile planlaması, Kontraseptif yöntemler, COVID-19

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