Petkova, Magdelena Stoyanova2013-03-042013-03-042013-03-04http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12478Title: Knowledge and willingness of nurses in the public primary health care setting of sub-district “F” in the Johannesburg metro district to promote the use of the female condom. Methods: A quantitative cross sectional descriptive survey was conducted in the public primary health care setting of sub-district “F” in the Johannesburg metro district, which included 16 primary health care clinics. Three hundred and ninety eight nurses participated in the study. Association between knowledge and willingness to promote use of female condom was investigated using Chi-Square test. Result: Seventy nine per cent of the participants had more knowledge on female condom use than the rest of the nurses. Fifty nine per cent of the participants were more willing to promote the use of the female condom. There was no statistically significant relationship between willingness to promote the use of female condom and knowledge on female condom use. (Chi-square with one degree of freedom =2.7243, p =0.099). However, those nurses who are more knowledgeable on the use of female condom are noted to be more willing to promote female condom use (though this may not have been statistically significant. Conclusion: The more knowledgeable group of participants in this study was determined to be high (80%). Fifty nine per cent of the participants were more willing to promote female condom use than the others. Being more knowledgable in the use of female condom did not positively predict willingness to promote female condom use.enFamily PlanningContraceptionThesis (M.Med.(Family Medicine)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2012