Family planning in Pakistan: A site of resistance

Ataullahjan, Anushka; Mumtaz, Zubia; Vallianatos, Helen

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.021

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“…After approval from institutional review board ER/65 dated July 2018, a total of 1050 patients were included in study by using Open Epi Calculator. Contraceptive prevalence rate in Pakistan is 37% 10 . Patients in reproductive age group (20-35 years) with ≥3 children and no medical risk factors as well as willingness to give information, were included.…”

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Contraceptive Preferences and Improved Quality of Life

Baqai

Siraj

Urooj

et al. 2021

PAFMJ

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Objective: To understand the contraceptive preferences of women of reproductive age group and to know from where they get the knowledge of it and how quality of life of contraceptive users and non-users is affected. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Gynecology and Obstetrics department, Pak-Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Sep 2017 to Aug 2018. Methodology: Pre-tested self-administered questionnaires were used to assess the usage of contraception, role of health care providers social/family influences, and print/broadcast media, to provide sample size calculation, ethics approval, knowledge and access to various contraceptive methods. The quality of life indicators used were anemia and feeling of general well-being. Results: A total of 1050 participated in the study. Out of those who have knowledge, only 497 (47.33%) practiced contraception and 530 (50.47%) not using it 23 (2.1%) were not clear about their views regarding contraceptive usage. Out of those who were using contraception, 161 (54.20%) women used barrier methods, 93 (18.71%) used intrauterine contraceptive devices, implanon 52 (10.46%), natural methods 61 (12.27%), oral/injectable 99 (19.91%) and male contraception was used by 31 (6.23%) couples. Anemia was less in contraceptive users 84 (17%) as compared to non-users 164 (31%). Conclusion: Family planning is the strongest tool which can improve the health of mother and children as well as it’s a development indicator for overall social and economic status of a society. By understanding its prevalence and factors influencing its usage, maternal and child health can be improved in near future.

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Contraceptive Preferences and Improved Quality of Life

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Siraj

Urooj

et al. 2021

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“…Here terrorism is not a big issue water shortage and purification is main problem ( Heinz et al ., 2019 ). Different types of toxic containments are present in water which have adverse effect upon consumption and led to a waterborne diseases ( Nyoni, 2019 , Ataullahjan et al, 2019 ). That’s containments can be presents in the form of organic and inorganic chemicals or physical, biological, radiological or heavy metal substance.…”

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“…We need a method to remove these organic pollutants form water. There are different water purification conventional methods are available like chemical transformation, distillation, biological treatments, reverse osmosis, coagulation and flocculation, microfiltration, ultraviolet treatment, ultrafiltration and many others ( Ataullahjan et al, 2019 , Smith and John, 2016 ). Each of these method have specific limitation present conventional method are not sufficient to remove the containments from water and to supply 100% drinking water.…”

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Role of Nanotechnology in Photocatalysis

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Sohaib

Sagir

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“…On the demand side, previous studies have identified psychosocial factors including social conservatism, preferences for larger families and sons, and religion as reasons for low contraceptive uptake and the resulting high fertility (Agha 2010;Channon 2017;Sathar 2013). Some researchers have also criticized the narrow focus of the family planning programs on promoting small families rather than on addressing the aspirations, beliefs, and needs of couples regarding their families (Cleland et al 2012;Mir and Shaikh 2013;Ataullahjan, Mumtaz, and Vallianatos 2019;Agha 2010), as such focus has led couples to believe that the state is imposing restrictions on their choices about family size (Mir and Shaikh 2013).…”

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The Effect of Reframing the Goals of Family Planning Programs from Limiting Fertility to Birth Spacing: Evidence from Pakistan

Naz

Acharya

2021

Studies in Family Planning

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Contraceptive prevalence in Pakistan has plateaued near  percent for over a decade, suggesting that fertility levels are likely to stay high unless effective interventions are designed. We evaluate the Family Advancement for Life and Health - (FALAH), a family planning project implemented in  districts of Pakistan. Deviating from previous programs, FALAH emphasized birth spacing-as opposed to limiting family size-as the primary purpose of contraceptive use. We use Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey to evaluate FALAH's impact on continuous and binary measures of birth intervals. To estimate the causal effects of the project, we compare the outcomes for multiple children born to the same mother before and after the project. We find that FALAH increased interbirth intervals by . months on average and reduced the proportion of short birth intervals by approximately . percentage points. This finding suggests that birth spacing as a goal of contraceptive use may resonate better with Pakistani couples than limiting family size. The project's effects were more pronounced for women with high education, in rural areas, and in the middle of the wealth distribution.

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Family planning in Pakistan: A site of resistance

Cited by 15 publications

References 29 publications

Contraceptive Preferences and Improved Quality of Life

Contraceptive Preferences and Improved Quality of Life

Role of Nanotechnology in Photocatalysis

The Effect of Reframing the Goals of Family Planning Programs from Limiting Fertility to Birth Spacing: Evidence from Pakistan

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