ReviewReproductive health2026
Women's contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia: a scoping review.
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia have made significant progress in family planning and remain committed to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development goals, recent years have seen a decline in contraceptive use and a rise in unmet contraceptive need.
aimOur review aimed to explore available information and identify gaps in the literature on family planning in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia by synthesising published literature on women's contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practices in these three countries.
methodsOur review followed the framework outlined by Arksey and O'Malley [1] and revised by Levac and colleagues [2]. We conducted a comprehensive search of Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), and Web of Science, a supplementary search in Google Scholar, and a hand search of ASJP, CAIRN.info, EMHJ, and La Tunisie Médicale. We included literature in Arabic, English, and French published between January 1990 and September 2024, focusing on women's contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the Maghrib.
resultsWe identified 671 articles from the databases and 70 reports from the supplementary and hand searches. After removing duplicates, conducting initial screens, and retrieving full texts we ultimately included 63 sources in our review. Existing literature revealed that, although contraceptive knowledge has increased over the past decades, gaps in knowledge and misinformation persist. Additionally, fear of side effects and rumours contribute to negative attitudes toward contraception. Through this review, we observed that specific contraceptive methods promoted by early family planning programmes, and the strategies used to promote them, may have had a lasting impact on contraceptive practices, even decades later.
conclusionOur review highlights the importance of exploring changes in knowledge and attitudes and the factors that influence them, as well as women's lived experiences with contraceptive use and access to services. This knowledge can provide more contextually relevant evidence to inform effective family planning policies and interventions.
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