Abstract
Background: Aim of current study was to assess the knowledge, attitude & practices of contraceptives among married women of reproductive age group.
 Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on females between 15-45 years was included while unmarried females were excluded. The participation was on voluntary basis. Questions regarding factors responsible for non use of contraception were also asked. All data were analyzed by Epi-info software.
 Results: Out of 1000 women, 634(63.40%) had knowledge about family planning. 62.00% knew about condom, followed by OCPs & other methods. Only 8.00% Women were aware of emergency contraceptive.
 Conclusions: Our study highlights that knowledge and awareness doesn’t always lead to the use of contraceptives. One needs to understand the level of awareness and practices in the community before implementing the family planning program
 Keyword: Attitude, Practice, Contraception, Reproductive age group
Highlights
Planning is defined by WHO as “a way of thinking and living that is adopted voluntarily, upon the basis of knowledge, attitudes and responsible decisions by individuals and couples, in order to promote the health and welfare of family groups and contribute effectively to the social development of a country”
A cross sectional study was conducted on females between 15-45 years was included while unmarried females were excluded
Out of 1000 women, 634(63.40%) had knowledge about family planning. 62.00% knew about condom, followed by OCPs & other methods
Summary
Planning is defined by WHO as “a way of thinking and living that is adopted voluntarily, upon the basis of knowledge, attitudes and responsible decisions by individuals and couples, in order to promote the health and welfare of family groups and contribute effectively to the social development of a country”. 1. The Govt of India launched a family welfare program in 1950’s to accelerate the economic and social development by reducing the population growth. The Govt of India launched a family welfare program in 1950’s to accelerate the economic and social development by reducing the population growth This program has met with only marginal success. This is because people of India being multilinguistic, multireligious and multiethnic, have different levels of awareness and acceptance of methods of family planning. It is necessary to develop special program to tackle the needs of different groups. Keeping this in mind one cross sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of contraceptives of reproductive females
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