Assessing Timeliness and Affordability of care in Family Planning Services at Mansoura City
Allam, A., El-Nemer, A. (2022). Assessing Timeliness and Affordability of care in Family Planning Services at Mansoura City. EKB Journal Management System, 9(2), 105-111. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2022.293713
Ahlam Allam; Amina El-Nemer. "Assessing Timeliness and Affordability of care in Family Planning Services at Mansoura City". EKB Journal Management System, 9, 2, 2022, 105-111. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2022.293713
Allam, A., El-Nemer, A. (2022). 'Assessing Timeliness and Affordability of care in Family Planning Services at Mansoura City', EKB Journal Management System, 9(2), pp. 105-111. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2022.293713
Allam, A., El-Nemer, A. Assessing Timeliness and Affordability of care in Family Planning Services at Mansoura City. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 9(2): 105-111. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2022.293713

Assessing Timeliness and Affordability of care in Family Planning Services at Mansoura City

Mansoura Nursing Journal
Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2022, Page 105-111  XML PDF (384.43 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2022.293713
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Authors
Ahlam Allam1; Amina El-Nemer2
1Demonstrator of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University
2Professor of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt
Abstract
Background and aim: Good quality care in Family Planning (FP) services helps individuals and couples to meet their
reproductive health needs safely and effectively. Therefore, continuous assessment and improvement of the quality of
family planning services could enhance family planning services utilization and outcomes. Aim: This study aimed to
assess timeliness and affordability of care in family planning services at Mansoura city. Subjects and Method: A
descriptive design was utilized with a convenient sample of health care providers (196). Setting: The study was carried
out at fifty- six available maternal and child health centers in Mansoura city. Tools of data collection: One tool was
utilized for data collection (A clinic self-assessment). Results: 92.9% of the studied family planning clinics provided
single day long acting reversible contraception insertions, 87.5% of them sometimes follow quick start protocols of
hormonal contraception. In addition, 98.2% of the studied family planning clinics not accepted Medicaid. Conclusion
and Recommendations: The study concluded that family planning services in maternal child health care centers at
Mansoura had low total quality of care level as providing services on time but with high cost. Urgent need for numerous
quality enhancement measures to promote all quality elements in the studied maternal and child health centers. In
addition to, emphasizing client’s satisfaction as a high priority for better outcomes.
 
Keywords
Quality; Family planning services; Client satisfaction
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