scholarly journals Unmet need for contraception among urban women: a cross sectional study in Puducherry

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudha V. ◽  
Vrushabhendra H. N. ◽  
Srikanth S. ◽  
Suganya E.
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Universal Family ◽  
Unmet Need For Contraception

Background: Providing universal family planning services is an important strategy to reduce maternal morbidity and to control population growth. Worldwide, when contraception is used properly and effectively to avoid unwanted pregnancy it can reduce 25–35% of maternal deaths. The present study aimed at measuring the proportion of married women with unmet need for family planning in an urban area of Puducherry.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 235 married women in the urban field practice area of Sri Venkateshwara Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Puducherry. Participants were selected based on predetermined eligibility criteria using systematic random sampling method. SPSS version 23.0 was used for statistical analysis. Proportion, Mean, Standard deviation and Logistic regression were applied to interpret the results.Results: Mean age of the participants was 33.3 ±6 years, Nearly 77 %( 181) of the participants reported having used any method of contraceptive at least once and 34.5 %( 81) were found to have unmet need for family planning. The most common reason for unmet need for contraception was fear of side effects (39.5%) and others were infrequent sex (12.3%),insisted by family members (12.3%) and religious reasons (12.3%).Conclusions: Unmet need for family planning was found to be fairly high in our study population. Health care personnel, preferably field staff should be trained to give an informed choice of contraception to the eligible couples to reduce the unmet need for contraception.

scholarly journals The unmet needs for family planning and its associated factors among ever married women in selected villages of Anekal taluk, Karnataka: a community based cross sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 2048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neethu George ◽  
Sulekha T. ◽  
Adithya Ramachandran ◽  
Andrean Peters ◽  
Pretesh Rohan Kiran
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: According to the United Nations, India will become the most populated country by 2050.This will lead to further strain in social and economic life. Family planning plays a major role in bridging this rapid population growth. But unmet needs for family planning prevent women from availing this benefit. Aims of the study were to determine the prevalence of unmet needs for family planning and its associated factors among ever married women in selected villages of Anekal taluk, Karnataka.Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted during a period of two months among ever married women in selected villages of Anekal. A structured interview schedule consisting of questions about unmet needs for family planning and its determinants was administered to 133 ever married women.Results: Of the 133 study participants 127 (95.5%) were aware of at least one contraceptive method. The prevalence of unmet needs for family planning was 11.3%. Younger age (18-24 years), <5 years active years of married life, women having a single live child and who were a sole decision maker had higher unmet needs for family planning. Among the women who had unmet needs for family planning, the major reason reported was family and cultural problems.Conclusions: The unmet need for family planning was found to be 11.3% which is more than the state value of 8.8% (rural Karnataka NFHS 4). So there is a need to create increased awareness among the women in the study area regarding the importance of contraceptive measures in the family and the society.

scholarly journals Unmet need for family planning and associated factors among currently married reproductive age women in Tiro Afeta District, South West Ethiopia, 2017: cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfaye Solomon ◽  
Mamo Nigatu ◽  
Tsegaye Tewelde Gebrehiwot ◽  
Biniam Getachew
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Ethiopia

Abstract Background Unmet need for family planning in Oromia region was very high (28.9%) compared to other regions in Ethiopia. To address problems associated with unmet need for family planning locally available evidences are essential, however, there were no clear evidences on unmet need for family planning in Tiro Afeta district. This study aims to assess the magnitude and associated factors of unmet need for family planning among currently married women in Tiro Afeta district, South West Ethiopia, 2017. Methods Community based cross sectional study was conducted in April, 2017. A total of 348 currently married women of reproductive age were enrolled from eight villages selected by simple random sampling and using proportional to size allocation. Data were entered using EpiData 3.1 and analyzed by SPSS version 22. Adjusted odds ratios at 95% confidence interval with p-value of < 0.05 were considered as significant variables. Results Unmet need for family planning among currently married women in Tiro Afeta was 26.1%. Factors significantly associated with unmet need for family planning were: never use of family planning before survey (AOR: 5.09, 95% CI: 2.73–9.50); multiparity (AOR: 3.02, 95% CI: 1.56–5.85); perceived husband’s attitude as disapproval (AOR: 2.75, 95% CI: 1.43–5.26); lack of counseling from health workers (AOR: 2.07, 95% CI: 1.11–3.85); and unavailability of Radio and/or Television in the house (AOR: 2.05, 95% CI: 1.15–3.66). Conclusion Unmet need for family planning in Tiro Afeta was higher than national average but lower than Oromia region. Never use of family planning, women’s parity, husband’s attitude towards contraceptives, women counseling and unavailability of Radio and/or Television in the respondent’s home were significantly associated factors with unmet need for family planning. Therefore, the service providers and the district health office should strengthen counseling and partner involvement to reduce unmet need for family planning.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practices about contraception among married reproductive women

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1431
Author(s):  
Tejaswini D. ◽  
Spandana J. C. ◽  
Sunanda Bai
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
National Level ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Multiple Resources ◽  
Postpartum Family Planning ◽  
Unmet Need For Contraception

Background: Total unmet need for contraception at national level has been 20.5% (DLHS 3, 2007-08).  According to NFHS 4 (2015-16), total unmet need for family planning for Bangalore Urban is 13.3%. This study has been done to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices about contraception among married women in the reproductive age group.Methods: Cross sectional study conducted from 1st March 2017 to 15th April 2017 in Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore.  Married women in age group of 15 to 45 years, antenatal women were included.  Unmarried women, Hysterectomised women were excluded.Results: 72% of the clients had awareness of contraception.  Most common method known is Female sterilization followed by IUCD.  Awareness of emergency contraception was found only in 5.33%.  48% of the clients did not follow any method of contraception.  Most commonly used method is female sterilization.Conclusions: The study shows that we need to use multiple resources to educate people by intensifying IEC activities.  Women should be made aware about their right of protecting their own health and more emphasize should be given on postpartum family planning. 

scholarly journals Individual-level and community-level factors associated with the family planning use among pastoralist community of Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. e036519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mussie Alemayehu ◽  
Araya Abrha Medhanyie ◽  
Elizabeth Reed ◽  
Afework Mulugeta
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Pastoralist Community ◽  
The Individual

ObjectiveThe study aimed to identify the effects of the individual-level and community-level factors on the use of family planning (FP) among married women in the pastoralist community of Ethiopia.DesignA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2018. Data were analysed using R software. To determine the fixed effect of individual-level and community-level factors of FP use, a two-level mixed-effects logistic regression was used. The result was described using the Adjusted OR (AOR), and the variance partition coefficient.Setting and participantsAfar, Ethiopia (2018; n=891) married women of reproductive age (15–49) years.Primary outcome measuresFP use or non-use.ResultsThe current use of FP was 18.7% (16.31%–21.43%). Women who need to walk 1 hour and more to the nearest health facility (AOR 0.14, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.3), have ANC visit of 4 and above (AOR 6.02, 95% CI 1.74 to 20.8), had their last birth at a health facility (AOR 2.71 95% CI 1.27 to 5.81), have five and more children (AOR 4.71, 95% CI 1.86 to 11.9), have high knowledge on FP (AOR 2.74, 95% CI 1.11 to 6.74) and had high intentions to use FP (AOR 10.3, 95% CI 3.85 to 27.6) were more likely to report FP use. The magnitude of the effect of for FP use was smaller than that of 9 of the 13 individual factors. Apart from this 19.4% of the total variance in the odds of using FP attributed to between community difference (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.194). Regarding the community-level characteristics, clusters of having higher electronic media possession (AOR 2.84, 95% CI 1.2 to 6.72) and higher women decision making on FP (AOR 8.35, 95% CI 2.7 to 27.1) were significantly associated with increased FP use compared with clusters with lower reports of these aspects.ConclusionFP use among the pastoralist community is influenced by both individual cluster/community-level characteristics or factors. Even though the effect of clustering in FP use was large in comparison with the unexplained between-cluster variation, it was lower than the individual-level factors.Trail registrtion numberNCT03450564

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