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Despite the existence of notable remedies for maternal and child health, mothers and children in developing nations are affected disproportionately. Contraceptive service has been contributing for the betterment of maternal and child health by averting unwanted and unplanned pregnancies. However, the effect is not uniform across the nation and the globe. This study is conducted with the purpose of exploring the experiences of current contraceptive users and cascade to the non-users to enhance the benefits of contraceptive use for maternal and child health. The study employed an interpretive phenomenology to explore the lived experiences of current user. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interview methods used to collect information. Data were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The finding indicates that contraceptive use has created great changes both in the lives of mothers and children when compared to the non-use period. They acclaimed that they got time to care for themselves and their children by averting unplanned pregnancies. Based on the study finding it is concluded that women are able to control their body, their fertility and hence relieved from the trap of unplanned pregnancies. The experiences of the current user women can be best lesson for the non-user, hence, further improve the health status of mothers and children in rural part of the country.

A comparative cross- sectional study was conducted in Sidama Zone, SNNPR to identify reasons for the difference in contraceptive prevalence rate between the Sidama Development Program (SDP) and Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE) supported CBD projects. Multi-stage sampling was employed to identify the study woredas. A total of 1058 reproductive age group women were interviewed from both project areas. Six hundred ninety eight from SDP and 360 from FGAE site were selected proportionate to population size. Households were selected from respective peasant associations using systematic sampling and woman from household selected randomly. Eight FGDs and four in-depth interviews were conducted in two project areas. Key informants and discussants were selected based on convenience and their position in the institution or community to participate in the study. Contraceptive prevalence rates were 40.7% and 51.6 % in SDP and FGAE areas, respectively. This showed significant difference between the two project areas (p-value, 0.01). Knowledge of at least one contraceptive method was also significantly different between the two areas with (p-value