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Knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception in rural kashmir
Humera Hayat1, Parwez Sajad Khan2, Bhat Imtiyaz1
1Department of Community Medicine, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, India.
Background:
Human fertility is determined by many factors such as customs, morals and habits of social groups with regard to marital obligation of life. Acceptance of family planning methods varies within and between societies and there are many factors which are responsible for such variation at community, family and individual level. Socioeconomic environment, culture and education are few of them that play a vital role. Jammu and Kashmir state in general and Kashmir valley in particular is a Muslim-dominated population with traditionally a conservative society. Apart from family customs and influence of the elders, religious background has always been behind the passive resistance, or at the best indifference towards contraception. This study makes an attempt to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception in rural Kashmir.
Objective:
To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception in rural Kashmir.
Study Design:
Community-based Cross-Sectional study.
Study Period:
December 2006 to May 2008.
Participants:
1900 currently married women in the age group of 15-49 years of age.
Setting:
Rural households.
Methods:
1900 currently married women, aged 15-49 years, selected by multi-stage random sampling technique from three districts of Kashmir valley who were interviewed at home using a pretested oral questionnaire. The assessment of various socioeconomic and other variables made as per the available standard procedures and scales.
Analysis:
Percentage, Chi square test and Bivariate analysis.
Results:
Knowledge of the contraceptive methods was fairly good especially for terminal methods i.e. female sterilization (97.7 %). Main source of information on contraception was obtained from mass media (60.4 %). Contraceptive practice was significantly related to number of living children, literacy, socioeconomic status and type of family.
Conclusion:
What is needed is to promote and stress contraceptive methods and their advantages using mass media approach and to explore more and more participation of private sector.
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