'In fact, that's when I stopped using contraception': a qualitative study exploring women's experiences of using contraceptive methods in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Abstract

Use of in-depth qualitative interviews elicited rich data that offer important insights into sexually active women's discontinuation of contraceptive use. Given that this study focused on women attending public healthcare facilities, women who do not frequently use public healthcare clinics may have been excluded, hence their insights would be missing. The findings of this study were sought from participants' self-reported sexual and reproductive health information, rendering them prone to social desirability bias. Given the sensitivity of the topic, information prone to moral judgements, may have been withheld by the participants for image preservation.