scholarly journals A Study to Assess the Unmet Needs of Family Planning and Reason for Non-Use of Contraceptive Methods among Women in Reproductive Age Group in a Selected Community in West Bengal

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Arpita Banerjee ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Urban Women ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: A comparative descriptive study to assess unmet needs of family planning and reason for non-use of contraceptiveswhere non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 200 reproductive age group women i.e.100 from urban and 100 from rural community. Methods: Data was collected through self- structured interview schedule through home visits.The majorfindings of the study showed that unmet needs of family planning were 38% in urban and 27% in rural women. Result: The common reasons for non-use of contraceptives were fertility related reasons i.e. 42.1% women had desire for more children in urban versus 37.03% of women reported for infrequent sex in rural. Respondent’s restriction was 42.1% in urban and 40.7% in rural. Fear of side effects like health problems were 26.3% in urban women versus 22.22% in rural. Contraceptive method related reasons were in 15.8% urban women who reported interference with body process with previous usage versus 33.3% in rural. Unawareness was in 15.8% urban women and 7.40% in rural women. Misperception like IUD penetrates uterus was 2.6% in urban women and 11.11% in rural. Non- utilization of health care services was 2.6% in urban community whereas33.3% in rural. The study showed no significant association between age and respondent’s restriction, desire for more children and infrequent sex and background information i.e. age and religion in both communities. onclusion: The study showed that awareness and usage of contraceptives in rural areas was more as compared to urban areas.

scholarly journals Unmet needs for family planning and its socio-demographic correlates among women in the reproductive age group in central rural India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 659
Author(s):  
Ramesh Devidas Pawar ◽  
Shital Pratapsing Solanke
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Reproductive Age Group ◽  
Status Of Women

Background: Unmet need is the discrepancy between reproductive intentions and birth control practices. If the unmet needs remained neglected it leads to population explosion which is one of the greatest threats to India’s economic, social and political development.  A community-based study was carried out in rural areas with the objective to find the prevalence of unmet need for family planning and its socio-demographic determinants among married women of reproductive age.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted between January to June 2019. After calculation of sample size 670 participants were selected by simple random sampling method.  Predesign and semi structured Performa was used for data collection. Data was collected and analyse using Epi Info 7.Results: Unmet needs of family planning among the study subject was 31.19% (57.58% for the spacer and 42.42% for limiter). It was significantly higher among the Muslim (66.67%) and Boudh (40.38) religion. It was higher among Illiterate (40.82%), women residing in joint families (72.16%). Unmet need of family planning was significantly associated with age of women, religion, educational status of women and their husbands, occupation, type of family, no of children the women have and age at marriage.Conclusions: Unmet needs among married women in the reproductive age group was still high and was significantly associated with age of women, religion, educational status of women as well as their husband, occupation, type of family, number of children the women had and age at marriage.

The Socio-demographic Determinants of Contraceptive Use among Rural Women in Reproductive Age Group

2017 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valekar SS ◽  
Chawla PS ◽  
Tukaram HP ◽  
Fernandez K ◽  
Kalra K
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning among reproductive age group women of urban and rural areas of Gadag: a comparison study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2221
Author(s):  
Jannatbi Iti ◽  
Roshan Mudaraddi
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
World Population ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
The World ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: India is the second most populous country in the world 1.311 million (2015). With only 2.4% of the world land area India is supporting 17.5% of the world population. The rampant population growth has been viewed as the greatest obstacle to the economic and social advancement. Reproductive choice is one of the most fundamental rights of a couple. Empowering a woman to control her fertility allows her to complete her education or employment aspirations. Aim and objective of the study was to know the distribution of socio-demographic factors which influence KAP about FP methods among eligible reproductive age group women.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was done from 27 March 2017 to 20 April 2017 in rural and urban areas of Gadag Taluk in women of eligible reproductive age group with a sample size of 560.Results: 25.4% of the women are in the age group of 28-32 years. Majority of the women belonged to Hindu (87.5%) and 11.1% Muslims. Highest proportion of women have completed middle and high school which amounts to 42.3%. and 17.7% were illiterates. 43.6% of the respondents married at the age of 20-24 years, 48.2% of the women were homemakers, 3.6% were professionals and 1.8% were semi-professionals and 23.2% were unskilled.Conclusions: Family planning is the most effective measure to bring control on the population. Knowing the socio-demographic factors which influence the adoption of family planning methods is of utmost importance to plan for birth control and spacing children especially for the policy makers.

scholarly journals A cross sectional study to assess the knowledge, attitude about non-scalpel vasectomy and practices of any contraceptive method among females of reproductive age group in a urban slum, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Kokila K. ◽  
Chellavel Ganapathi K.
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Male Participation ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: In India, non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) technique was introduced in 1992 to improve the male participation in family planning, though it has failed to achieve its goal. Hence this study was planned to know the real concern about this condition. This study was carried out to assess the knowledge and attitude about non- scalpel vasectomy (NSV) and practices of any contraceptive methods among married females in reproductive age in an urban slum.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done in urban field practice area of Institute of Community Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai-03, Tamil Nadu in the period July 2014 to August 2014 among Married females of reproductive age group (15-49 years).Specific questions on knowledge, attitude regarding NSV were asked. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel sheet and analysed in SPSS version 20. Results: This is a questionnaire based study. All (106 participants) were aware of vasectomy. Among them 50% knew that vasectomy is an option for permanent sterilization. About 36% of them knew that cash incentive is given for vasectomy & 30% knew that insurance given for pregnancy and other complications followed by vasectomy. Around 31% of the respondents knew that vasectomy does not affect sexual performance. About 29% knew that vasectomy does not need prolonged bed rest. Only 19% of the participants knew that vasectomy is done free of cost and as an OP procedure and 11.3% knew that vasectomy is done without any incision. Among the participants 81% agreed that limiting family size stabilizes the financial condition of the family. About 48% of the participants agreed that family planning is also a responsibility of males and 56% were willing to recommend vasectomy for others. Only 35% of the females agreed to adopt vasectomy for their spouse. Among the respondents 73.6% were practicing some form of contraception currently. Conclusions: We conclude that there is a need to design and develop a need based behavioural change communication strategy to bridge the existing information gap among the eligible couples about NSV & to improve the male participation in family planning. Involvement of media, community participation and successful stories of males who have adopted NSV would enhance the effectiveness of all the interventions. 

scholarly journals Assessment of family planning practices of women of reproductive age group in rural area of Jammu region

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3804
Author(s):  
Deepika Dewan ◽  
Heena Nazir ◽  
Tania Kakkar
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Planning Methods ◽  
Family Planning Methods ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: Despite more than fifty years of implementation of National Family Planning and Welfare programme, unmet need for family Planning is still high which poses a big challenge for family planning programme. The aim is to reach all women whose reproductive behaviour requires one or the other forms of contraception but for various factors are not practicing them.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out amongst women of reproductive age group in the field practice area of Rural Health Training Centre of Dept. of Community Medicine of a Government Medical College, Jammu during the period of January to June 2018. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Ethics committee prior to the start of the study. Total of 541 eligible couples attending the family welfare section were interviewed by the trained staff using the pre-tested questionnaire. The information about various family planning methods adopted by couple was elicited. Data was analysed by using appropriate test whenever necessary.Results: A total of 541 eligible couples were interviewed. Maximum couples were in the age group of 30-34 years. 300 (55.4%) couples were using one or the other method of family planning. Condoms were most commonly used method by 148 (49.3%) couples followed by oral contraceptive pills (30.6%). Among permanent methods of family planning, tubectomy was adopted by 10 (3.3%) and vasectomy only by 4 (1.3%) couples. No one was practising any miscellaneous method of contraception. The percentage of family planning methods used by Hindus was maximum (65%). Difference was also observed in the context of socio-economic status.Conclusions: Nearly half of eligible couples were not practising any method of contraception. There is need to increase motivation among eligible couples to increase adoption of permanent methods of contraception especially vasectomy.

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