Effectiveness of planned teaching program on Knowledge and Attitude towards preconception care among women in reproductive age group at selected community, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nithiyasri P ◽  
Monika S ◽  
Leelashree T ◽  
Sherlinblessy J ◽  
Lokesh G ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Preconception Care ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

scholarly journals A Cross Sectional Study on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Exclusive Breast Feeding among Women of Reproductive Age Group in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

2021 ◽  
pp. 282-292
Author(s):  
P. Tejesh Thanigavel ◽  
F. Margaret Harriet Priya
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
School Level ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Breast Feed ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Aim & Objectives: To assess the knowledge and attitude on exclusive breast feeding among reproductive age group women in Chennai. Materials and Methodology This is a cross sectional quantitative descriptive study. The data was collected by handing out physical questionnaire forms to volunteers or by sending a link of the google form format of the same questionnaire. The data was collected from February 2021 to September 2021. The both physical and online forms data collected were compiled with help of Microsoft Excel. These compiled data were then analyzed using SPSS 16.0 software. All the frequencies and percentages were also obtained from this. Results: In this study a total of 342 volunteers participated, all belonging to the reproductive age group i.e., 15 years to 45 years. Majority of the participants were among the age group 20 to 30 years belonging to both married and unmarried category. Out of the 342 volunteers, 74.2% (254) of the participants planned to breast feed their infants for several months. 60% of participants had scored more than 75% overall. The lowest score seen was 26/40 points. So no one in my study had low knowledge (less than 20). The knowledge percentage and attitude percentage here are 68.6% 65.4% respectively. My interpretation of the knowledge and attitude is that we need to increase the knowledge about the term “Exclusive Breast Feeding” and also encourage the mothers to breast feed their infants. Conclusion:  Although most have scored more than 75%, some important questions were chosen incorrectly. This might be mostly due to the fact that there is lack of knowledge with respect to the term “exclusive” breastfeeding. This suggests that there has to be more awareness created amongst the youth population, who are tomorrow’s mothers. The need for them to know the importance of these matters lies in hands being doctors. It should be taught from school level itself.

Preconception Care in Sub Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on Prevalence and Its Correlation With Knowledge Level Among Women in Reproductive Age Group

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demelash Woldeyohannes ◽  
Yohannes Tekalegn ◽  
Biniyam Sahiledengle ◽  
Desta Erkalo ◽  
Zeleke Hailemariam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preconception Care ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Ssa Countries ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Abstract BackgroundThe aim of the preconception care (PCC) is to promote the health of women in the reproductive age before the conception in order to reduce preventable poor pregnancy outcomes. Although there are several published primary studies from Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries on PCC, they do not quantify the extent of PCC Utilisation, Knowledge level about PCC and the association between them among women in the reproductive age group in this region. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the pooled utilisation of PCC, Pooled knowledge level about PCC and their association among women in the reproductive age group in Sub Saharan Africa.MethodsDatabases including PubMed, Science Direct, Hinari, Google Scholar and Cochrane library were systematically searched for literature. Additionally, the references of appended articles were checked for further possible sources. The Cochrane Q test statistics and I2 tests were used to assess the heterogeneity of the included studies. A random-effect meta-analysis model was used to estimate pooled the prevalence of PCC, knowledge level of PCC and their correlation among reproductive aged women in Sub-Saharan African countries.ResultsOf the identified 1593 articles, 20 studies were included in the final analysis. The pooled utilisation of PCC and good knowledge level towards PCC among women of reproductive age group in Sub Saharan Africa were found to be 24.05% (95% CI: 16.61, 31.49) and 33.27% (95% CI: 24.78, 41.77), respectively. Women in the reproductive age group with good knowledge level were two times more likely to utilize the PCC than the women with poor knowledge level in Sub Saharan Africa (OR: 2.35, 95% CI: 1.16, 4.76). ConclusionIn SSA Countries, the utilisation of PCC and knowledge towards PCC were low. Additionally, the current meta-analysis found good knowledge level to be significantly associated with utilisation of PCC among women in the reproductive age. These findings indicate that, it is imperative to launch programs to uplift knowledge level about PCC utilisation among women in reproductive age group in SSA countries.

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. 

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