ABSTRACT
Background: Family planning is defined by World Health Organization (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 thus contribute effectively to the social development of a country”. The extensive acceptance of family planning, in a society, is an integral component of modern development and is essential for the incorporation of women into social and economic life. Therefore the present study as well focused on the women knowledge and participation in family planning. Objectives: This study projected to evaluate the knowledge of the women about various family planning methods and its sources of information.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 200 married women between 15-60 years of age group selected by multistage random sampling. The women were asked to complete the 20 questions including demographic data. Self structured questionnaire was used to evaluate their knowledge about Family planning methods. Subsequently, the data analyzed by using SPSS version 1.2.Results: In this present study knowledge of family planning methods were higher. Female sterilization and use of condom is the most widely known and practiced method of all contraceptive methods followed by oral Pills and IUDs. Health functionaries were found to the more informative as compared to media and others sources of information regarding family planning methods.Conclusions: From the results found in this study it can be accomplish that women’s awareness regarding family planning was higher and found satisfactory.
ABSTRACT
Background: Primary health care (PHC) relies heavily on the contributions of women, particularly in the area of health education, it raises their self-esteem and empowers them to serve their communities in a number of ways: by improving women's health and the health of their families and by training women both as care givers and as health educators. Primary health care is the first level of contact of the individuals, the family and the community with the national health system bringing health care as close as possible to where the people live and work: It should be based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology. It should be made universally accessible to the individuals and the family in the community through their full participation. This study projected to evaluate the knowledge and practice of women regarding health care services and their source of information.Methods: Stratified multistage random sampling of the target population was done. In the first stage villages were selected by simple random sampling technique. In the second stage population for the study purpose was selected from the selected village again by simple random sampling technique.Results: In this present study knowledge regarding health care services were higher and found satisfactory, health functionaries were found to be more informative as compared to media and others sources of information.Conclusions: From the results found in this study it can be said that women’s knowledge regarding health care services was found satisfactory.