Communication in Stress Management and Employee Job Satisfaction in United Bank for Africa (UBA)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of Study
The need to control fertility has been identified even during the early times and the idea of controlling the family is as old as man.
Hence, family planning refers generally to the process adopted by couples or individuals to choose when to have a child and how many.
According to Clifford (1991) definition of family planning as was adopted by WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO), states that “it is a way of thinking and living that is adopted voluntarily on the basis of knowledge, attitude and responsible decision, by individuals and couples, in order to promote the health and welfare of the family group, and this contribute effectively to the social development of a country.
Tremendous advancement in medicine, science and technology enables man to control diseases to a certain extent but this does not promote a balance in the birth control rate. The result is on growth explosion on world’s population, which is turning out to be the greatest single problem of the twentieth century. To contend these problems of the population growth family planning must be introduced to reduce the growing population. Foege (1983) states that decreased food availability, poor health facilities and equipment, large population result coupled with poor economy has resulted in gross inadequate health care system, decreased educational facilities and high rate of unemployment, poor shelter, inadequate clothing, under nutrition and malnutrition have been presentry serious problem. To reduce hardships family planning appears to the solution.
In the face of food shortage, over crowding, diseases and the growing, desire for modern case, no realm of research is more important than the development for safe and effective method of family planning. Education is critical for reducing unwanted pregnancy. Health education messages should be based on the incidence and impact of family planning within community and the sensitivity to people’s existing beliefs attitudes and practices information should be offered on the legal status of family planning as a means of preventing unwanted pregnancy.
Statement of Problem
The concept of family planning is based on the premise that people should be able to give birth to offspring which they can adequately cater for throughout their life time.
It is common to see families of more than ten members each. The children appears under nourished, inadequately educated and worse still lack provisional trade and many are unemployed. Despite this, some women still appear unprepared to stop producing children.
Approved family planning methods are regarded as taboo and government, effort to stop certain persons from achieving their desired family size prove abortive, since the actual number of children in Nigeria is determined by the family head (mostly the husband). Other problems of child birth is due to unprepared pregnancy which could have been avoided if family planning methods were embraced by the couple.
The study want to investigate the problem and determined whether their attitude is related to academic background of the mothers or that of the family as a whole towards family planning facilities made available by government in the primary health center, Uyo.
Objectives of the Study
This study investigates the attitude of literate and illiterate mothers towards family planning in primary health center Uyo. The study sought
- To investigate the percentage rate of literate and illiterate mothers towards the acceptance of family planning.
- To investigate the level of response of illiterate mothers towards family planning.
- To examine the factors influencing these attitude
- To identify the differences among the influential factors between the attitude of the literate and illiterate
- Compare the differences through the analysis to ascertain such fact.
Significance of the Study
The result of this study will show obvious reasons on the various attitudes of literate and illiterate mothers toward family planning. This will create basis for comparing and ascertaining the difference in such attitude towards family planning.
Other people with interest in family planning will find this research work valuable especially in understanding the implications in the concept, whether it requires advanced academic standard before programme can be adopted.
Research Questions
For the purpose of this study, the following questions were put forward to guide in data collection.
What is the attitude of literature mothers towards the acceptance of family planning practice?
- What is the rate of response of illiterate mothers towards the acceptance of family planning practice?
- Are there differences among the influential factors in clients attitude towards family planning between literate and illiterate mothers?
- Which of the variable is high in the comparative analysis of effect of education on acceptance of family planning?
Scope of Study and Limitation
The study is an attempt to compare the attitude of mothers towards the acceptance of family planning. The scope of the study covers only literate and illiterate child bearing mothers attending the primary health centres Wellington Bassey Way in Uyo Local Government Area. The study covers the literate and illiterate mothers in Uyo Local Government Area only. It is limited to this particular clinic due to time constraint and finance.
Operational Definition
Family: Is a unit arising from union of couples, who entered into marriage, comprises of the father, mother and children.
Family Planning: Is the medical approach to plan and space the number of children in a family in Akpayak, Uyo Local Government Area.
Illiterate Mothers: A mother who has not been to any school to acquired any skill of reading and writing in Akpayak, Uyo Local Government Area.
Literate Mothers: Mothers who can read and write in English language and have acquires some educational background in Akpayak, Uyo Local Government Area.
Comparative: It is an act of placing two different data side by side to give meanings to the attitude of mothers towards family planning.
Mothers: A group of child bearing women attending primary health centre, Akpayak for health care services.
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