Abstract: The goal of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is that, all Jamaicans achieve optimal sexual and reproductive health. In addition, one of NFPB’s strategic outcomes involves improving contraceptive commodity security which refers to the increased access to contraceptive methods for all persons regardless of age and sexual orientation. To achieve this strategic outcome, permanent, long-term and short-term contraceptive methods have been promoted for women who wish to discontinue or delay childbearing. To ascertain the success of this contraceptive method, the NFPB has been seeking to monitor the number of acceptors of sterilization through the Hospital Monthly Summary Report (HMSR) and the sterilization data collected from The Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Jamaica.
This research paper is a comprehensive documentation of the female sterilization procedures collected from the VJH during the period January 2008 to December 2014. The results of the study showed that most women accepted sterilization between the ages of 30-39 and waited until they had between three and five children.
Keywords: Hospital Monthly Summary Report (HMSR), Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), National Family Planning Board (NFPB).
Title: The Incidence of Female Sterilization in a Selected Public Hospital in Jamaica
Author: Damion Grant, Tazhmoye Crawford, Dorrett McLean
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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