Method Shifting from Long to Short Term Contraceptives and its Associated Factors among Reproductive Age Women, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018

Abstract Objective: Even if long term contraceptives are more effective, cost efficient and tolerable choices, method shifting from long to short term contraceptives continued as a global issue. Therefore this study assessed the proportion and associated factors of method shifting from long term to short term contraceptives in Gondar city administration, northwest Ethiopia. Result: A total of 390 women participated in the study that made the response rate of the current study as 96%. The overall proportion of method shifting from long to short term contraceptives was 48.5% with (95% CI: 43.8, 53.3). Had secondary level educational status (AOR=0.18, 95%CI 0.07, 0.51), had information about long acting contraceptives from friends (AOR=6.67, 95%CI 1.89, 23.52), use of long acting contraceptives for limiting purposes (AOR=0.26, 95%CI 0.11, 0.60), and had enough counseling on long acting contraceptives during ANC visits (AOR=0.20, 95% CI 0.08, 0.50) were found to have statistically significant association with method shifting.