FRONTIERS PROJECT
National Dissemination and Utilization of Results from the Assessment of Trends in Intrauterine Device (IUD) Use in Ghana

FRONTIERS helped the Health Research Unit of Ghana's Ministry of Health develop messages to encourage providers and clients to consider the IUD as a contraceptive option. Declining use of the IUD is attributable to negative perceptions about the method, the physical design of the technology, and fear of weight loss associated with its use. Barriers affecting use are insufficient proactive demand creation and insufficient numbers of providers with practical experience in IUD services. Providers in Ghana generally had a favorable attitude toward the product and were not biased against it. The findings were communicated to district- and national-level officials, and a follow-on project was launched to reinvigorate IUD services in the country.

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Location

Ghana

Duration

December 2003–May 2004

Population Council researchers

Ian Askew, Monica Wanjiru

Non-Council collaborators

Ivy Osei, John Gyapong (Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service)

Donor

US Agency for International Development  

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type. 

2005
Osei, Ivy, John Gyapong, Monica Wanjiru, and Ian Askew. “An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana: National results dissemination and utilization,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 277 KB)

2003
Gyapong, John, Gifty Addico, Ivy Osei, Mercy Abbey, Dominic Atweam Kobinah, Henrietta Odoi Agyarko, Gloria Quansah Asare, Harriet Birungi, and Ian Askew. "An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 781 KB)

"Ghana and Guatemala: Clients and providers need better support and guidance on IUDs," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 32. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 251 KB)

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See Also

• Ghana
• Reproductive Health
• Contraception
• FRONTIERS Ghana
• FRONTIERS Contraception

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