Abstract:

This study is conducted to assess the influence of radio, poster/billboard/leaflet and healthcare workers as media for contraceptive messages on the use of family planning by women of reproductive age in Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria. The study used descriptive survey research design. Questionnaires was used to collect data from one hundred and twenty respondents, selected using simple and systematic random sampling technique. The study used frequency tables and percentage to analyses the data, while chi-square was used to answer the research questions at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of this study indicate that listening to contraceptive messages on radio; reading or seeing contraceptive messages on posters, billboards and/or leaflets and meeting and talking with health care worker on contraceptives strongly influenced use of family planning. The study recommends that Government and other implementing agencies should use the mass media especially radio and posters/billboards/leaflets as the main source of Family planning information at the community level to ensure wider reach and depth of information. All Healthcare workers should be trained on basic family planning method and should offer family planning services routinely to all women of reproductive age who visit hospitals and clinics.

Keywords: Family planning, contraceptives, information, messages, Communication.

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