Family planning among women with unmet need contraception: a scoping review

Abstract

Maternal health is a topical issue of Population, Family Planning, and Family Development Programs in the 2030 SDGs indicators, namely by ensuring universal access to sexual health and reproductive rights. The Unmet need contraception is one of the main barriers to achieving SDGs goals in low-and middle-income countries. This study aims to explore and map the scientific evidence related to family planning in women of childbearing age with Unmet need contraception. Scoping review refers to the framework of Arksey & O'Malley and is documented based on the PRISMA-ScR Checklist guide. Article search using 3 databases Pubmed, Sciencedirect, Ebsco host and 1 Gray literature Google Scholar by filtering the year of publication from 2019-2022. Obtained 15 articles are eligible and 3 findings of the theme are socio-demographic aspects, socio-psychology, and health. The results of the review found that the motivation of women of childbearing age in deciding Unmet need contraception is to exclude children and limit the number of children. Women of childbearing age with low decision-making autonomy within a family are most influential in determining the Unmet need contraception. Planning related to contraceptive use in the future is expressed by the motivation of contraceptive use plans at one time.