B. Mohanpur Rural Mothers' Centres: A Multidimensional Approach to Family Planning and Education for Rural Women

1997 ◽  
pp. 341-345
Author(s):  
Abdul Halim
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Multidimensional Approach ◽  
Rural Mothers

scholarly journals Factors associated with use of antenatal care services in a rural area of Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Shahjahan ◽  
Hasina Akhter Chowdhury ◽  
Jesmin Akter ◽  
Afsana Afroz ◽  
M Mizanur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Postnatal Mothers ◽  
Living Children ◽  
Rural Mothers ◽  
Available Information

Antenatal care (ANC) includes care during pregnancy, should begin from the early stages of pregnancy. ANC al-lows management of pregnancy, detection and treatment of complications, and promotion of better maternal and child health. This study assessed the factors relating to maternal healthcare practices in rural Bangladesh and exam-ined the association between use of antenatal care services and socio-demographic variables of rural women. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Madhupur upazila of Tangail district. Postnatal mothers who visited the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) centers constituted as sampling frame and selected. The sample size was determined based available information on the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2007. In total 360 randomly selected postnatal mothers were interviewed using structured questionnaire for collecting information on demographic characteristics, knowledge on ANC and practices. The mean (±SD) age of the respondents was 24(±4.4) years. Most (95.6%) of them were housewives. Twenty-two percent of the respon-dents were from the poorest socioeconomic class. Mothers who had one living child had the highest percentage of adequate ANC use compared to those who had two or more living children. Access to mass media (newspapers and TV) had a positive significant (p<0.001) effect on the use of ANC services. The results of logistic regression analy-sis showed that, after adjusting other factors, respondents who had secondary-level education were 4.5 times more likely to use ANC adequately compared to those who had no education. The findings suggested that education of the mothers is an important determinant of ANC visits during pregnancy. Therefore, information, education and communication on ANC must be intensified in order to reach the rural mothers. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/seajph.v2i2.15956 South East Asia J Public Health | Jul-Dec 2012 | Vol 2 Issue 2 | 61-66

Assessing Culturally-Bound Beliefs Related to Diarrheal Diseases among Rural Women, Chipata District, Zambia: Health Education Implications of a Pilot Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy M. Loh ◽  
Gail M. Ormsby ◽  
Ruth Waife ◽  
Elizabeth Njoloma ◽  
Zaida Cordero-MAcIntyre
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Diarrheal Diseases ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Rural Mothers ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study of rural mothers and health workers in Eastern Zambia illustrates the use of traditional medicines in the treatment of common illnesses, and the seeking of services from traditional healers. It provides a better understanding of knowledge, beliefs, and practices in the field of traditional medicine, and explores the relationship of common cultural-bound beliefs ( Thola, Chibele, Chibambala, Chisi, and Njisi) with feeding practices during pregnancy and early childhood related to diarrheal diseases. In addition, it identifies factors that influence a mother's choice about the use or avoidance of certain foods. This qualitative research process encourages a culturally sensitive community-based approach to creating appropriate health promotion messages and program activities.

scholarly journals The Utilization of Family Planning Methods Among Rural Women In Ogun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mojisola Oyewole
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
High Knowledge ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Planning Methods ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Family Planning Methods ◽  
Social Association

Family planning implies spacing and timing of child births. However, despite many actions put in place by government at all levels to sensitize citizen on the need for family planning; most Nigeria population still does not practice it as expected. Thus, the study assessed the utilization of family planning methods among rural women in Ogun State.  Multistage sampling technique was used to select 120 respondents and structured questionnaire schedule was used for the data collection. Data collected were analysed using both descriptive and inferential analysis.Result shows that majority of the rural women had mean age of 33±10, 45.0% were Muslims, 57.5% had secondary education, 77.5% married, 50.0% traders, 39.1% had between 5 and 6 persons in their households, 42.5% earned between 35,001 and 60,000 monthly and 66.7% of the were member of social association. Also, 60.8% had low awareness of contraceptive methods. In addition, 56.7% had high knowledge of family planning methods, most of the rural women sourced information on family planning through television. Also, increase in weight experienced by the respondents were the health factors militating against the utilization of family planning methods by the rural women as 50.8% had high utilization of family planning methods used by the rural women. There was a significant relationship between member of social association (?2=4.268, p<0.05), awareness of contraceptive method utilize by rural women (r=0.761, p<0.05), knowledge (r=0.617, p<0.002), source of information (r=-0.119, p<0.05), factors (r=0.201, p<0.05) and level of utilization of family planning methods.It is therefore concluded that most of the women had high knowledge of family planning methods but only utilized the commons ones available to them. It is therefore recommended that educative trainings should be organized for the women to enhance their usage of other methods to ensure a secured child bearing.

scholarly journals Interpersonal Violence Around Pregnancy Experienced by Rural and Urban Canadian Women: Correlates and Selected Health Outcomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110435
Author(s):  
Yingying Su ◽  
Carl D’Arcy
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Rural Mothers

Interpersonal violence around pregnancy is of increasing global public health concern affecting both women themselves and their children. The primary aim of this study is to explore and identify potential correlates of such violence and to examine maternal and birth outcomes subsequent to that violence in a nationally representative sample of urban and rural women in Canada. The data are from the Maternity Experiences Survey (MES), a Canadian population-based postcensus survey administered to 6,421 Canadian mothers in 2006. Survey participants were 15 years and older and had given birth to a singleton and continued to live with their infant at the time of the survey. The survey response rate was 78%. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used in the analysis with adjustments made for confounding variables. The study findings indicated that living in an urban environment was associated with an increased risk of interpersonal violence experience around the time of pregnancy ( OR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.03-1.66). In addition, being aboriginal, young, unmarried, economically disadvantaged, a nonimmigrant, and having more than four pregnancies, as well as cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking and drug use before the pregnancy were correlated with interpersonal violence around pregnancy. Maternal interpersonal violence experiences were also associated with postnatal depression and stressful life events among both urban and rural mothers. However, maternal interpersonal violence experiences were only associated with preterm birth among rural mothers but not among urban mothers. The present study highlights the need to implement effective interventions for women experiencing interpersonal violence around pregnancy due to its potential impact on maternal and newborn’s physical and mental health. Screening and intervention should be targeted high-risk women particularly those who are indigenous, young, unmarried, nonimmigrants, of lower socioeconomic status, and manifesting high risk health behaviors.

scholarly journals Magnitude and associated factors of unmet need for family planning among rural women in Ethiopia: a multilevel cross-sectional analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e044060
Author(s):  
Adugnaw Zeleke Alem ◽  
Chilot Desta Agegnehu
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Working Status ◽  
Status Of Women

ObjectiveThis study was aimed to assess the magnitude and associated factors of unmet need for family planning among rural women in Ethiopia.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingEthiopia.ParticipantsReproductive age group women.Primary outcomeUnmet need for family planning.MethodsThis study drew data from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, which was conducted from 18 January to 27 June 2016. A total of 8327 rural reproductive-aged (15–49 years) women were included. A two-level multivariable logistic regression model was carried out to identify individual and community-level factors associated with unmet need for family planning. Adjusted OR (AOR) with a 95% CI was used to assess the strength of association between independent and dependent variables.ResultsThe overall unmet need for family planning among rural women was 24.08% (95% CI 23.17 to 25.01), of which 14.79% was for spacing and 9.29% for limiting. Number of children (AOR=1.15; 95% CI 1.07 to 1.24) and working status of women (AOR=1.18; 95% CI 1.02 to 1.37) were significantly associated with a higher odds of unmet need for family planning. However, women with primary education (AOR=0.87; 95% CI 0.74 to 0.94), women married at age 18 or later (AOR=0.82; 95% CI 0.70 to 0.96), women from households with high wealth index (AOR=0.77; 95% CI 0.64 to 0.94), women who deem distance to a health facility as not a big problem (AOR=0.85; 95% CI 0.73 to 0.99), women from communities with a high percentage of educated women (AOR=0.73; 95% CI 0.59 to 0.89) and women who live in communities with high media exposure (AOR=0.81, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.98) were significantly associated with a lower odds of unmet needs for family planning.ConclusionUnmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in rural Ethiopia was high. Number of children, working status of women, women’s education, age at first marriage, household wealth, distance to a health facility, community women’s education and community media exposure were significantly associated with unmet needs for family planning. Therefore, to reduce unmet need for family planning, public health policymakers should consider both individual and community-level factors when designing FP programmes and emphasis should be given to high-risk populations.

scholarly journals Family Planning Knowledge and Practices among Women in a District Hospital of Nepal

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (188) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Gupta ◽  
A Singh ◽  
N Gupta ◽  
V L Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Hormonal Contraceptives ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge Practice ◽  
Planning Knowledge

Introduction: Family planning services have the potential to improve the quality of the lives of people. The study was done to assess the family planning practice and methods among the married women of reproductive age attending female clinic of district hospital of Nepal.  Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study carried out from October 2011 till December 2011 at Lamjung district hospital. One hundred randomly selected married women of 15-49 years, who had at least one child were the subjects of the study. A structured questionnaire on knowledge, practice and methods of use of contraception was composed and fi lled up.  Results: The results were encouraging with 94 (94%) of participants having knowledge about contraception. The study showed that 32 (32%) of the married women belonged to 20-24 years of age group. Among them 64 (68%) were using modern contraception methods. Injectables hormonal contraceptives were most commonly practiced by 34 (54%) women. Among not using any contraceptives, 18 (60%) of them said their husband being abroad. Conclusions: Family planning knowledge and practice among the rural women utilizing the service was appreciable. Temporary method of contraception was most commonly practiced. Keywords: district hospital; knowledge; practice, family planning.

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