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Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of lady health workers [LHWs] regarding implementation of family planning program in Tehsil MuzaffarGarh
Study Design: Cross sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: It was carried out from December 2015 to May 2016 involving Lady Health Workers from 10 union councils of Tehsil Muzaffar Garh including both urban and rural areas
Material and Methods: The data were collected by interviewing 307 LHWs using a structured closed ended questionnaire
The data were entered and analyzed through SPSS version 22
Results: Lady health workers [LHWs] demonstrated a good knowledge ranging from 78% to 99% of different aspects of family planning. They were poorly informed regarding pregnancy complications, breast feeding and infertility. Almost all of them 305 [99%] showed positive attitude regarding job, trainings, compatibility of family planning with religion, although were unsatisfied with their salaries and monetary incentives
Conclusions: LHWs have a good knowledge and positive attitude towards family planning except knowledge about infertility, pregnancy complications and breast feeding. Family planning practices are difficult in rural areas because of low literacy rate and dominance of mothers in law, which needs attention