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Women’s health and midwifery
Availability of preferred contraceptive methods can enhance family planning by enabling women’s agency
  1. Meriem Aroua1,
  2. Tanvir C Turin1,2
  1. 1Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  2. 2Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tanvir C Turin, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Canada; turin.chowdhury{at}ucalgary.ca

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-103935

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    Commentary on: Kristiansen D, Boyle EH, Svec J. The impact of local supply of popular contraceptives on women’s use of family planning: findings from performance-monitoring-for-action in seven sub-Saharan African countries. Reprod Health. 2023 Nov 21;20(1):171.

    Implications for practice and research

    • The concept of ‘demand’ and ‘supply’, from the perspective of individual preferences shaped by cultural and societal norms, can be incorporated by health practitioners and policymakers when addressing the root causes of unmet health needs.

    • Understanding women’s empowerment and agency in family planning requires a rights-based community-engaged research approach. Community-level data can illuminate the underlying mechanisms of healthcare utilisation preferences.

    Context

    The issue of unmet contraceptive needs remains a gap in global healthcare, despite various contraceptive options available now more than ever.1 Concepts like demand and supply can be used in understanding unmet contraceptive needs. Demand can highlight individual preferences shaped by cultural and societal norms, while supply encompasses the availability and accessibility …

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    Footnotes

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.