KNOWLEDGE OF PREVENTIVE MEASURESOF CONTRACEPTIVES USE AMONG WOMEN IN NIGERIA

This paper assessed the knowledge of preventive measures of contraceptives use among women in Kwara State, Nigeria. A Proportional sampling procedure was used for 378 respondents between the ages of 20-44 in the selected Local Government Areas in Kwara State. Questionnaire was used to collect the data in this study and the demographic variables were analyzed using frequency and percentage distribution, statistics of mean and standard deviation.The hypotheses one were tested with chi-squarestatistics. Hypotheses twoand three sought for differences among the age groups and marital status in their knowledge ofpreventive measuresof contraceptives risks respectively; hence analysis of variance was used to know whether significant differences existed between knowledge and prevention. The result of the findings revealed that knowledge ofpreventive measuresof contraceptives among women in kwara state are high. On the basis of the findings, it was therefore recommended that health talks about preventive measures of contraceptives risks should be discussed during antenatal and post natal clinics, women shouldalso consider their health status and understand the risk involve in each method to take preventive measures.