scholarly journals A Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Contraception in Reproductive Age Group in Amritsar District of Punjab

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Surinder Kumar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practices about cervical cancer among rural married women: a cross sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radha Ramaiah ◽  
Srividya Jayarama
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women and the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in females worldwide. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice related to cervical cancer and its screening among women of reproductive age group in a rural area of Karnataka and to find the association between socio-demographic characters and knowledge, attitude and practice related to cervical cancer.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among 200 married women of reproductive age group residing in Javarnahalli, a rural field practice area of AIMS, Karnataka. Data was collected using predesigned, pretested structured questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of four parts to gather information regarding socio-demographic characteristics of participants, knowledge, attitude and practice regarding cervical cancer and its screening. Institutional ethical committee approval and informed consent from study participants were taken.Results: 64% study participants were not aware of the early symptoms of cervical cancer. Around 34.5% had heard of cervical cancer screening. 76.2% women were willing to screened if offered free of cost. But only 9.5% women had ever been screened for cervical cancer.Conclusions: Strategic communication targeting eligible women, universal availability of screening facilities in public health facilities may increase the uptake of cervical screening. 

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude, and practice of contraception among women attending a tertiary care hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2208
Author(s):  
Alpana Agrawal ◽  
Rashmi Saxena ◽  
Manisha Gupta ◽  
Neelima Agarwal ◽  
Divya Shubham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Contraceptive Usage ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
High Level ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: This study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraceptive methods among women attending a tertiary care hospital, to know the influence of various factors on use of contraceptives and to identify the reasons for not using contraception.Methods: A cross sectional, observational study was conducted in Obstetrics OPD, Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad. 408 married women of reproductive age group (15-45 years), randomly selected, were interviewed with the help of a predesigned questionnaire to elicit information regarding their demographic profile, knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception.Results: In our study 73.3% women interviewed were aware about family planning methods.  Awareness was lowest among adolescents less than 20 years of age (28%) and highest among 31-35 yr age group (84.1%). The main source of knowledge was “friends/relatives” (37.8%) and mass media (26.8%). Awareness was high in Para-1 (96.5%), higher SES (97.4%), with higher education (90.7%), in working women (80.4%), women living in nuclear families (80.2%) and Hindu females (73.7%).  But in spite of high level of awareness, contraception usage was less (54.4%), the main reason being fear and misconceptions regarding contraceptives.Conclusions: It can be concluded that high level of knowledge and awareness does not match with contraceptive usage rate. Converting family planning knowledge into practice is the real challenge for India. Hence, we recommend sustained efforts to increase awareness and motivation for contraceptive use through more information, education and communication with the reproductive age couples, and improved social and welfare services.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Exclusive Breastfeeding among Mothers in Pokhara-Lekhnath

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
R Gurung ◽  
M Silwal ◽  
A Gurung ◽  
I Sah ◽  
D Koirala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Plain Water ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Reproductive Process ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Exclusive breastfeeding means that the infant receives only breast milk. Infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health. Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods, while continuing to breastfeed for up to two years or beyond. Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants; it is also an integral part of the reproductive process with important implications for the health of mothers.Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of pregnant women on exclusive breastfeeding.Methods: The quantitative descriptive research design was used for this study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the subjects in community setting. Total 140 subjects were taken as a sample and self-administered structured questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and practice of exclusive breast feeding among reproductive age group women was used to collect data.Results: The study shows that out of 140 women, 48 (34.3%) belonged to 26 - 30 age group, 136 (97.14%) were married, 109 (77.9%) women followed Hindu caste, 67 (47.9%) women belonged to Dalit group, 129 (92.1%) women were housewife, 73 (52.1%) women had taken primary education, 68 (48.6%) had monthly income >20000, 116 (82.9 %) had ≤3 children. Among 140 women, 69 (49.3%) had good knowledge and fair knowledge whereas only 2 (1.4%) had poor knowledge. Regarding attitude 122 (87.1%) thought that EBF was better than other artificial feeding, 75 (53.6%) believed that first milk should be discarded, 108 (77.1%) agreed that EBF is enough for child up to 6 months, 77 (55%) didn’t feel comfortable with extra feeding other than breast milk, 51 (36.4) stated that they were not comfortable because of insufficient amount to meet child’s demand, 100 (71.4%) agreed that child less than six months who is exclusively breastfed were healthier than child who took additional foods. Out of 140 women, 139 (99.3%) breastfed her last child, 83 (59.3%) started breastfeeding within 1 hr after delivery, 77 (55%) breastfed on demand of baby, 91 (65%) had not given anything before initiating breastfeeding, 25 (17.9%) had given plain water before breast milk after delivery, 107 (76.4%) had given breast milk only starting from birth to six months of age. J-GMC-N | Volume 11 | Issue 01 | January-June 2018, Page: 40-45

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