Health Communication And Reproductive Health Care Delivery A Study Of Planned Parenthood Federation Of Nigeria Intervention In Unguwan Muazu, Kaduna State

📄 Project Abstract

The level of women's access to information on health issues is rather low in rural communities and, therefore, women are seen as vulnerable to different forms of health hazard. In spite of the relentless effort and huge sunk sum, of money into women's health programmes in Nigeria, the knowledge of rural women in northern Nigeria on health related issues appears to be on the decline. This study Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) investigated the nature and effectiveness of communication Nigeria, the knowledge of rural women in northern Nigeria on health related issues strategies adopted by PPFN on women reproductive health in Unguwan Muazu, Kaduna State with the following objectives: (i) to investigate the communication channels used by PPFN to sensitize women on reproductive health; (ii) to examine specific reproductive health issues and how they are addressed by PPFN; (iii) to identify challenges faced by PPFN in sensitizing women on reproductive health and (iv) to make s...