Contraceptive prevalence: experience from rural areas of Mymensingh

Begum, S; Haque, MM; Sultana, Nasreen

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“…Contraceptive prevalence (CPR) only 56%. But total fertility rates across the countries is 2.7(ranges from 3.3-8.7) percent 7,8,9 . Total fertility rate in Bangladesh decline sharply over the last 37 years from 6.3 births per women in 1971-1975 to 2.7 births per women in 2004-2006 9. For reduction of total fertility rate, family planning plays crucial role 10 .…”

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Changes in the Contraceptive Practice among the Women of Reproductive Age in a Selected Hospital of Dhaka City

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Alam²,

Tamanna

2016

Med. Today

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Family planning is an essential tool for reducing fertility rate. An increase in contraceptive prevalence rate results in reduction of population growth, which in turn contributes significantly to the improvement of people's health. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive type of study carried out among the married women attending in the gynaeout patient department of MARKS Medical College and Hospital. This study was conducted from 1st June 2013 to 31st May 2014. Sample size was 250 which were selected purposively.Reproductive history was used as research instrument for data collection. Data was collected by face to face interview using structured questionnaire. Among 250 married women 156(62%) women practicing contraceptives. Majority 45.6% of the respondents were in the age group of 25-29 yrs. Among the respondents housewives 36%, service holder 64% and 38.4% were educated. About 42.8% respondents had 2 child followed by 3 children 36% & only 1.6% had 4 children. 100% respondents had knowledge about oral pill and barrier method. Among the contraceptive users 35.8% respondents accepted OCP followed by barrier method 33.3%, IUCD users were 16.7%, 7.7% respondents used injectables, 6.4% were natural method user and only 1.2% used emergency pills. Maximum 59% respondents were using contraceptives for less than one year, only 4.5% were using contraceptive of different methods for 10 years. Fertility rate, menstruation regulation is lower among servicing women. Education, empowerment and social position of women help to reduce fertility.Medicine Today 2015 Vol.27(2): 33-36

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Changes in the Contraceptive Practice among the Women of Reproductive Age in a Selected Hospital of Dhaka City

Begum¹,

Alam²,

Tamanna

2016

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Changes in the Practice of Contraceptive Prevalence - An Observational Study

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Family planning is an essential tool for reducing fertility rate. An increase in contraceptive prevalence rate results in reduction of population growth, which in turn contributes significantly to the improvement of people's health. It is a cross-sectional, descriptive type, observational study done during April-July 2007 in a large Medical Centre. Reproductive history was used as research instrument for data collection. The present study aimed at exploring Contraceptive prevalence and related issue among service holder and regulation of fertility among them. Two thirty one (231) women (childbearing age ) were selected randomly to find out their contraceptive prevalence. Eighty four (n=197) percent women need family planning service . Thirty three(33.53 %)percent couple practice barrier method, twenty two(22.54%) percent use oral pill, female sterilization is 9.25percent,injectable(DMPA) 5.78 percent,7.97percent mixed method .There is progressive decline in oral pill use from 55% to 26%. Fertility rate, menstruation regulation is lower among servicing women. Education, empowerment and social position of women help to reduce fertility. Introduction:Optimum period for child delivery, prevention of unwanted pregnancy by safe contraception, and birth of wanted children are known to be the main directions in family planning. Family planning not only offer contraceptive benefit, it also ensure improvement in women's health, child health ,decrease infant and maternal death, decrease population growth and ultimately enhance the socio economic development. Fertility status (fecundity) is largely determined by age at marriage, age at 1 st child birth, birth space, and use of contraceptives. These variables are indirectly regulated by income, nutrition, housing, education and medical care of the people. There are evidenced that conditional cash transfer or improvement in socio economic condition have unintended effect on fertility control. 1, 2

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Contraceptive Practice and Protection of Womens Health

Akther

1970

Bangladesh Med J

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Family planning is an essential tool for reducing fertility rate. An increase in contraceptive prevalence results in reduction of population growth, which in turn contributes significantly to the improvement of maternal health. It is a cross-sectional study done during period of April-July 2007 in a large Medical Centre at Motijheel, Dhaka. Information on reproductive history was obtained to find out their contraceptive prevalence and regulation of fertility. Two hundred and thirty one (231)

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Contraceptive prevalence: experience from rural areas of Mymensingh

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Changes in the Contraceptive Practice among the Women of Reproductive Age in a Selected Hospital of Dhaka City

Changes in the Contraceptive Practice among the Women of Reproductive Age in a Selected Hospital of Dhaka City

Changes in the Practice of Contraceptive Prevalence - An Observational Study

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