Abstract
Background: Family planning programmes exist to protect the welfare of the mother and child and in turn, care about the welfare of the family. Irrespective of socioeconomic status or place of residence every member of the country should have access to the right contraceptive method. Unplanned pregnancies have serious implications on both the mother’s and child’s morbidity and mortality. It can affect the health of a family as a whole.
 Objectives: To estimate the awareness of different contraceptive methods, its identify factors affecting it’s usage and assess the pattern of usage.
 Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, knowledge, attitude and practice of contraceptive methods among postpartum women were assessed using a structured questionnaire. Sample size was 330 and analysis was done through CHI square test.
 Results: Majority of the participants were between the ages of 20 and 30 years. Most of the participants (96%) were aware of at least one contraceptive method.
 Conclusion: Family planning is vital to the health and proper functioning of a family.
Highlights
1.1 AimThe World Health Organization defined family planning as giving a chance to society to determine the number of children and pregnancy spacing through contraceptive method [1].To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of contraceptive methods among postpartum women.2
Educating the masses and raising awareness about how pregnancy affects the health of the family as a whole, is vital in family planning
Whereas in the study by Bajracharya A [8] it was observed that 60.5% of the women had used contraceptives and the most commonly used contraceptive was OCP. It was reported in the study by Sharma J [9] that prior discussion with the husband and concurrence played an important role in the adoption of contraception and that fear of sideeffects was a deterrent among 26% of the women. In contrast to this finding, the current study shows that fear of side-effects was the major cause of hesitation among the women
Summary
1.1 AimThe World Health Organization defined family planning as giving a chance to society to determine the number of children and pregnancy spacing through contraceptive method [1].To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of contraceptive methods among postpartum women.2. The World Health Organization defined family planning as giving a chance to society to determine the number of children and pregnancy spacing through contraceptive method [1]. Attitude, and practice of contraceptive methods among postpartum women. Unplanned pregnancy takes a toll on the mother’s and the child’s health, and long-term welfare of both are affected. Unplanned pregnancies have serious implications on both the mother’s and child’s morbidity and mortality. It can affect the health of a family as a whole. Objectives: To estimate the awareness of different contraceptive methods, its identify factors affecting it’s usage and assess the pattern of usage. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, knowledge, attitude and practice of contraceptive methods among postpartum women were assessed using a structured questionnaire. Conclusion: Family planning is vital to the health and proper functioning of a family
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