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Contraceptive Service Provider Imposed Restrictions To Contraceptive Access In Urban Nigeria, Hilary Schwandt, Ilene S. Speizer, Meghan Corroon

Fairhaven Faculty Publications

Background: Health service providers can restrict access to contraceptives through their own imposed biases about method appropriateness. In this study, provider biases toward contraceptive service provision among urban Nigerian providers was assessed.

Methods: Health providers working in health facilities, as well as pharmacists and patent medical vendors (PMV), in Abuja, Benin City, Ibadan, Ilorin, Kaduna, and Zaria, were surveyed in 2011 concerning their self-reported biases in service provision based on age, parity, and marital status.

Results: Minimum age bias was the most common bias while minimum parity was the least common bias reported by providers. Condoms were …