Insufficient knowledge, attitudes, and practices about the family planning and, more important, methods for family planning lead to increased number of unwanted pregnancies. The study aims at finding out the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding family planning among two groups of women residing in two different areas (urban and rural) in Erbil city, Iraqi Kurdistan region. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out during the period from November 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010. A convenience sample of 700 married women was taken from two different areas of Erbil. Results: A considerable proportion of women were unfamiliar with the term family planning, while high level of knowledge was found regarding types of contraceptives, ideal period between consecutive pregnancies, and the ideal age of pregnancy and labor. Most of the women had a positive attitude toward family planning, and knew at least one benefit of family planning to mothers and/or children. The study revealed limited effect of health education channels on the knowledge of women about family planning. The intra-uterine device and the withdrawal methods were the most popular family planning methods used among the study sample. Majority of families in both groups are currently using family planning. Conclusion: A considerable proportion of women were unfamiliar with the term family planning. Most of the women had a positive attitude toward family planning. Appropriate approaches to be used to convince the policy makers about the importance of family planning.

Objectives: This study aims to assess the quality of life of cerebral palsy children less than 12 years old reported byparents in Erbil city/Iraq.Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted during 2014, to describe the quality of life of cerebral palsychildren. One hundred mothers have cerebral palsy children were participated in this study. The study took place atHelena Center for handicapped children in Erbil City. Questionnaire was used to collect data, which consists of twomain parts. The first part is divided into two sections; section one was described the mothers’ demographiccharacteristics, while the second section was for identifying the demographical characteristics of cerebral palsychildren. The inventory trademark" (PedsQLTM) 3.0 (parents' reports) was used in second part of the questionnaire.Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 18 was used to analyze date. Chi-squared test was applied tofind out the association and significance.Results: Most of the mothers were from low socioeconomic status, living in urban areas and aged between 28-37years old. Majority of cerebral palsy children were male, aged between 2 - 4 and diagnosed with spastic type. Thesignificant associations were found between types of cerebral palsy and daily activities, pain and hurt, speech andcommunication and eating and activities respectively at p-value 0.032, 0.000, 0.011, and 0.014.Recommendations: The study recommended special health educational programs for mothers to improve the qualityof life of their cerebral palsy children