Knowledge and Attitude of Puerperal Women Towards Family Planning Practices in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Nair, Atmaja; Devi, S. Indra

doi:10.18410/jebmh/2017/41

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“…2,3,6,7 Nair et al, Deka et al and Bhargava et al found that the knowledge was 80%. [8][9][10] However, the awareness in our study was higher than the study done by Malik et al where only 68.4% were aware of contraceptive methods. 11 It was found that 64.3% of our women had knowledge about permanent methods of sterilization which was comparable to a study done by Lakshmi et al in Tirupati where 58% had knowledge.…”

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“…[11][12][13] The main source of knowledge about permanent method of sterilization in our study was found to be from health care professionals mainly doctors and nurses as stated in similar studies in comparison with other studies where knowledge was updated mainly through newspapers and mass media. 1,2,6,[8][9][10] According to Lakshmi et al most women preferred to undergo permanent sterilization procedure after having 2 to 3 children 3 whereas in our study 5.6% of women wanted to have 4 children and 1% even expressed her desire to have more than 4. Most of the women in a study done by Malik et al in Pakistan had parity more than 5.…”

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Factors influencing the acceptance and awareness of permanent method of family planning

Shettian

Ajila

2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Among developing countries, India holds the second place in being the most populated country accounting to 1.3 billion. This addresses the need for effective population control by implementing various family planning and contraceptive services thereby improving the quality of life. Our study aims at assessing the factors influencing the awareness and acceptance of permanent method of family planning.Methods: This is a questionnaire based cross sectional study carried out in A.J. institute of Medical Sciences on 300 postpartum women who have undergone two or more child births.Results: 77.3% of women were aware of family planning services out of which 64.3% had knowledge about permanent method of sterilization. 73% preferred to undergo tubectomy whereas only 13.7% were willing for vasectomy with the main reason for refusal being fear of surgery (25.9%). 32.6% of women wanted their husbands to undergo vasectomy rather than having a tubectomy themselves. Desire for more children (39%) was the main reason given by most women who refused to undergo tubectomy.Conclusions: Though women were aware of contraceptive practices, proper knowledge about permanent methods of family planning was still inadequate especially regarding vasectomy. Our study showed that lack of awareness and knowledge, fear of adverse effects, fear of sexual dysfunction, culture and religious beliefs, opposition from the male partner and health concerns were the factors influencing tubectomy acceptance over vasectomy as a permanent method of sterilization.

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Factors influencing the acceptance and awareness of permanent method of family planning

Shettian

Ajila

2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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“…In .1% belonged to 25-34-year age-group. 9,10 Majority in our study were uniparous (48.6%) while it was 32 % and 43.3% in the studies by Thapa Majority (59.4%) of our study population were Hindus, 28.3% Muslims and 12.1% Christians whereas in the study by Nair A et al, 42% were Hindus, 56% Muslims and 2% were Christians.…”

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Awareness, attitude and practice of contraception amongst post-partum women in a rural tertiary care hospital, Telangana, India

Murty

Madhuri

Vijayalakshmi

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Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: India was the first country in the world to start the National Family Welfare Program in 1951. But population stabilization has been a difficult target to achieve and by the year 2028, our population is expected to surpass that of China. This study was conducted among puerperal women delivered at our hospital to know their awareness about various methods of contraception and willingness to practice any of these methods.Methods: This cross-sectional interview-based study was conducted in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Bhaskar Medical College and Hospital, Moinabad, Hyderabad from September 2015 to August 2016. The study sample were women who delivered in our hospital and a set questionnaire was used.Results: A total of 502 women in the post-partum period were included in the study.88.85% women were aware of any modern contraceptive. 30.85% of these women were aware of only the surgical method, i.e. sterilization; and another 58% women were aware of temporary methods also. Most of them knew about multiple methods, but tubectomy was the main method was known to the maximum (78%). As the literacy levels rose, awareness about temporary methods and male sterilization also increased. 70% of the study population were not aware of free availability of all these methods at Government hospitals and at our hospital.80.5% of these women were motivated after this study to accept a contraceptive method.Conclusions: There is a great unmet demand for contraception among rural women in India. Proper dissemination of the information about free availability of these methods by rural health workers, hospital staff and making these accessible in the peripheral areas of the country will help these couples. Providing oral, written and visual information to all the pregnant women at each ante-natal visit will be additional methods.

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“…Many factors affecting the use of contraceptive methods in the sub-Sahara African context have been observed. Many of them repeatedly cited women’s level of education and place of residence as major determinants of contraceptive use ( Fawole & Adeoye, 2015; Nair & Devi, 2017; Ochako et al , 2017). Most of these studies have examined the separated effect of the place of residence and education on contraceptive use.…”

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Timing between age at first sexual intercourse and age at first use of contraception among adolescents and young adults in Niger: What role do education and place of residence play?

Olakunle

Banougnin

2019

Gates Open Res

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Background: Low contraceptive use among women in Niger is one of main causes of early childbearing and unwanted pregnancies, which affect maternal and child health. Education and place of residence have been cited as factors affecting modern contraceptive use. Methods: We investigated the separate and joint effects of the place of residence and education on the time to modern contraceptive uptake among women aged 15-24 in Niger. The study used data from the second round of the 2016 Niger Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) project. Survival analysis was applied for 830 women. Results: Nelson-Aalen curves show that urban women had higher hazards of (and shorter delays in) modern contraceptive uptake as compared to their rural counterparts. Also, the higher the level of education, the higher the hazards of (and the shorter the delays in) modern contraceptive uptake. Findings from the multivariate (survival) analysis confirms these figures and provides the net effect of the place of residence on modern contraceptive uptake. Whether living in urban or rural areas of Niger, what matters more is the level of education. Conclusions: Family planning programmes concerning adolescent and young women should focus more on women with no education and those that are illiterate.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Puerperal Women Towards Family Planning Practices in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Factors influencing the acceptance and awareness of permanent method of family planning

Factors influencing the acceptance and awareness of permanent method of family planning

Awareness, attitude and practice of contraception amongst post-partum women in a rural tertiary care hospital, Telangana, India

Timing between age at first sexual intercourse and age at first use of contraception among adolescents and young adults in Niger: What role do education and place of residence play?

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