In recent years, there has been much reflection on the measures used to assess and monitor contraceptive programming outcomes. The meaning and measurement of intention-to-use (ITU) contraception, however, has had less attention and research despite its widespread inclusion in many major surveys. This paper takes a deeper look at the meaning and measurement of ITU around contraception. We conducted a scoping review guided by the following questions: What is the existing evidence regarding the measurement of ITU contraception? What definitions and measures are used? What do we know about the validity of these measures? We searched databases and found 112 papers to include in our review and combined this with a review of the survey instruments and behavioral theory. Our review found growing evidence around the construct of ITU in family planning programming and research. However there are inconsistencies in how ITU is defined and measured, and this tends not to be informed by advances in behavioral theory and research. Further work is needed to develop and test measures that capture the complexity of intention, examine how intention differently relates to longer-range goals compared to more immediate implementation, and demonstrate a positive relationship between ITU and contraceptive use.

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有意使用意向：以人为中心的需求测量的范围审查

近年来，人们对用于评估和监测避孕计划结果的措施进行了很多反思。然而，意向使用 (ITU) 避孕的意义和衡量方法尽管广泛包含在许多主要调查中，但很少受到关注和研究。本文深入探讨了国际电联围绕避孕的意义和衡量标准。我们根据以下问题进行了范围界定审查：关于国际电联避孕措施测量的现有证据是什么？使用了哪些定义和措施？我们对这些措施的有效性了解多少？我们搜索了数据库并找到了 112 篇论文纳入我们的评论，并将其与对调查工具和行为理论的评论相结合。我们的审查发现越来越多的证据表明国际电联在计划生育规划和研究中的构建。然而，国际电联的定义和衡量方式存在不一致之处，而且行为理论和研究的进步往往无法说明这一点。需要进一步开展工作来制定和测试能够捕捉意图复杂性的措施，研究与更直接的实施相比，意图与长期目标有何不同，并展示国际电联与避孕药具使用之间的积极关系。