[
    {
        "id": "osp-10745",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Contraceptive Utilisation Among Mothers of Reproductive Age in Ajman, United Arab Emirates",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Kanwal",
                "given": "Naila"
            },
            {
                "family": "Muttappallymyalil",
                "given": "Jayakumary"
            },
            {
                "family": "Ismail",
                "given": "Shatha"
            },
            {
                "family": "Iman",
                "given": ""
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/contraceptive-utilisation-among-mothers-of-reproductive-age-in-ajman-united-arab-emirates",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "17",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "50-58",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2016.17.01.010",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to determine contraceptive utilisation among mothers aged 18–49 years old in Ajman, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from May to November 2013. A total of 400 participants were recruited from two primary healthcare centres and one private hospital in Ajman. An interviewer-administered validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: The frequency of previous and current contraceptive use was 68.0% and 61.8%, respectively. Expatriates more frequently used contraceptives in comparison to Emiratis (77.3% versus 54.3%, respectively). Contraceptive use increased significantly with age (75.5% among >35-year-olds versus 57.3% among ≤25-year-olds; P"
    }
]