Contraceptive practices adopted by women attending an urban health centre

Abstract

Background: India was the first country in world to launch -The National Family Welfare Programme in1951 but even today the couple protection rate (CPR) is still not achieved as desired.

Unmet need of family planning among married women of reproductive age: A clinic-based study in rural Bengal

“…[12] A high proportion of unmet need in the present study could be due to the reason that among those who were not practising FP methods 25% cited that their husbands were staying away from home for work. In the present study, unmet need was found to be higher among the Muslims which were similar to other studies, [7,13] but Patel et al study and Indu [14] in their studies reported that unmet need was high among the Hindus. In the present study, 8.3% of the Muslims had cited need of FP method use was not felt, while 2.8% religious taboos was the major hindrance of non-usage.…”

“…[5] However, the findings are in concurrence with a study done by Prateek and Saurabh who reported 28.9% [7] had unmet need for spacing and 22.7% had unmet need for limiting in Africa as well as a study done in Western part of India by Patel et al which was 20.50%. [8] Unmet need was much higher in Lucknow as reported by a study done by Pal et al (53.1%), [10] Vohra et al (35%) in Jaipur, [11] and Singh et al in Patiala where unmet need for spacing was 23.5%.…”

“…Similar results were found in a study done by Kansal et al in Dehradun [13] and Prateek and Saurabh in Africa. [7] The present study found that 96.2% of women had knowledge about tubectomy and 69.2% about vasectomy. In case of spacing methods, all women had knowledge about condom and OCP and 19.2% about IUD.…”

“…The study technique was by face-to-face interview method in a separate room to maintain privacy and confidentiality was also assured to the study participants. The interview schedule was developed from NFHS-4, NFHS-3, and other studies [6][7][8][9] and modified according to the local context in consultation with experts in preventive and social medicine, AIIH and PH, Kolkata. This tool was translated into local language (Bengali) with the help of experts and pre-tested on 21 married women of reproductive age group in an adjacent Primary Health Center to test for ease of use, relevance, and understanding.…”

Unmet Needs of Family Planning Among Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Rural Area of Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, South India

“…On the other hand, a much varying prevalence of 51 % among women of reproductive age group was reported by Prateek et al in a study done at Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. However, the participants of the above study were those who attended the OPD of an urban health center [17]. The difference in prevalence of unmet need for family planning between our study and the national data could be possibly due to lack of persistent emphasis on family welfare services in the country.…”