Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Family Planning among Married Muslim Women of Reproductive Age

Dhakal, Usha; Shrestha, Ram Bahadur; Bohara, Surendra Kumar; Neupane, Samir

doi:10.33314/jnhrc.v18i2.2244

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“…However, this finding indicates poor practice compared to another study showing that 88% of women practice family planning in Al-Medina city [1], which is more than twice our findings, and 75.4% in Aseer [3]. Moreover, a study from Nepal found that most (79.3%) studied women were using family planning methods [26], which is twice the percentage we found. These differences could be attributed to the study's selection criteria, as the Al-Medina city study included teachers, 59.7% of whom were between the ages of 36 and 45, whereas the Abha City study included women of a higher age group, the majority of whom had been married for more than 11 years, implying that they used contraception earlier in their lives, as 53.5% had used contraception in the past.…”

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“…In contrast, previous studies reported that the media, such as television, the internet, and newspapers, played an important role in increasing awareness of family planning [3,23]. On the other hand, some studies conducted in India, Nepal, and Ethiopia, showed that healthcare personnel was the main source of family planning information for women [16,[24][25][26]. Saudi cultural norms and the lack of a school curriculum teaching women about contraception could be the reason for sourcing information mainly from family and friends [27].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Contraception Use Among Childbearing Women in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

Alsharif¹,

Saeed²,

Alskhairi³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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IntroductionThe rapid growth of the Saudi Arabian economy led to socio-demographic changes, with an increasing need for birth spacing and the use of contraceptives. This study evaluated the knowledge, attitude, and practice of contraception use in the Makkah region of Saudi Arabia. MethodsThis cross-sectional study used an online questionnaire involving women aged 18-49 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Descriptive analyses were performed and the Chi-squared test was used to compare variables. A pvalue of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. ResultsThe study included 352 women aged 32±9.1 years with a response rate of 91%. Among them, 72.1% had a diploma or bachelor's degree, and two-thirds were married (63.4%). Nearly all respondents had heard of contraception before (96.9%). However, only 44.3% knew contraception is a method of family planning, and 23.9% knew it prevents unwanted pregnancy. During the period of conducting the research, 37.8% reported using some contraception. Oral contraceptive pills (OCP) (97.2%, 33.8%), intrauterine devices (IUD) (97.2%, 22.7%), and male condoms (92.9%, 16.9%) were the most known and popular contraception methods used.Respondents' primary sources of information regarding contraception were relatives or friends (38.3%) and websites (30.2%), and 61.9% needed education on family planning. We found that women with multiple children were significantly more likely to practice family planning (p=0.005). ConclusionWe found that participants were aware of and had a good attitude toward family planning. However, they had poor knowledge and poor practice of family planning. Raising awareness and education are recommended to improve knowledge and practice of family planning.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Contraception Use Among Childbearing Women in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

Alsharif¹,

Saeed²,

Alskhairi³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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“…The finding of this study is consistent with the study conducted in India [ 47 ]. However, previous studies in Nepal have reported no association between the type of family and knowledge of modern contraceptive methods [ 34 , 35 ].…”

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“…For example, a previous study (2016) reported low (44%) knowledge on modern contraceptive methods among Muslim women in Nepal [ 34 ]. Another study showed relatively higher (94.5%) knowledge on modern contraceptive methods in Nepal [ 35 ]. About 87% of women knew contraceptive methods in India [ 42 ].…”

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Knowledge and practices of modern contraceptives among religious minority (Muslim) women: A cross-sectional study from Southern Nepal

Thakuri¹,

Singh

Karkee

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Background Uptake of family planning (FP) services could prevent many unwanted pregnancies, and unsafe abortions and avert maternal deaths. However, women, especially from ethnic and religious minorities, have a low practice of contraceptives in Nepal. This study examined the knowledge and practices of modern contraceptive methods among Muslim women in Nepal. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 Muslim women in the Khajura Rural Municipality of Banke district. Data were collected using face to face structured interviews. Two outcome variables included i) knowledge of and ii) practices of contraceptives. Knowledge and practice scores were estimated using the list of questions. Using median as a cut-off point, scores were categorised into two categories for each outcome variable (e.g., good knowledge and poor knowledge). Independent variables were several sociodemographic factors. The study employed logistic regression analysis, and odds ratios (OR) were reported with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) at a significance level of p<0.05 (two-tailed). Results Almost two-thirds (69.2%) of respondents had good knowledge of modern contraceptive methods, but only 47.3% practised these methods. Women of nuclear family (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 0.60; 95% CI: 0.38,0.95), and who work in agricultural sector (aOR = 0.38; 95% CI: 0.22, 0.64) were less likely to have good knowledge on modern contraceptives. Women with primary (aOR = 2.59; 95% CI: 1.43, 4.72), secondary and above education (aOR = 4.41; 95% CI:2.02,9.63), women with good knowledge of modern contraceptives (aOR = 2.73; 95% CI: 1.66, 4.51), who ever visited a health facility for FP counselling (aOR = 4.40; 95% CI: 2.58, 7.50) had higher odds of modern contraceptives practices. Conclusion Muslim women had low use of modern contraceptive methods despite having satisfactory knowledge about them. There is a need for more equitable and focused high-quality FP practices. Targeted interventions are needed to increase the knowledge and practices of contraceptives in the Muslim community. The study highlights the need to target FP interventions among socially disadvantaged women, those living in a nuclear family, and those with poor knowledge of modern contraceptives.

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Awareness and Use of Family Planning Methods among Married Women in A Community

Awal,

Chand

2024

Hist. J.

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Family planning/contraception reduces the need for abortion, especially unsafe abortion, reduces infant mortality, helps prevent HIV/AIDs, reduces adolescent pregnancies and helps to slow down increasing population growth. Over 60% of unintended pregnancies end in abortion, safe or unsafe, legal or illegal. An estimated 45% of all abortions remain unsafe and hospitalizes about 7 million women a year in developing countries. A descriptive cross-sectional research was carried out in ward no.14, Kathmandu Metropolitan city. The objective of this study was to find out awareness and use of Family planning method among married women in a community. Non probability, purposive sampling method was used. Sample size was 68 married women. The respondents mean age was 33.1 years and standard deviation was 6.5 years. All of the respondents (100%) were familiar with condom, pills, depo-provera, female sterilization whereas 95.6% heard about implants. Almost all of the respondents (98.5%) stated implants prevents pregnancy for 5 years and half of them (47.1%) were aware implants doesn't interfere with breast feeding. major source of information regarding family planning methods was from health professionals (80.8%) Whereas husband (13.2) level of awareness regarding family planning methods where 1.5% of the respondents had inadequate awareness, 54.3% had moderately adequate awareness and 44.1% of the respondents had adequate awareness. there is no significant association with age (0.479), duration of marriage (0.325), occupation (0.146) of the mother with level of awareness regarding family planning methods.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Family Planning among Married Muslim Women of Reproductive Age

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Contraception Use Among Childbearing Women in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Contraception Use Among Childbearing Women in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

Knowledge and practices of modern contraceptives among religious minority (Muslim) women: A cross-sectional study from Southern Nepal

Awareness and Use of Family Planning Methods among Married Women in A Community

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