Study of Awareness of Contraception in Post Partum Women in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 7
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: India is second most populous country of the world and in next few decades it will cross china if it will keep on increase by this exponential growth. This calls for steps to stabilize India’s population. India was the first country in the world to launch the Family Planning Programme in 1951. Despite this fact, India still lags behind in practicing contraception and limiting their family size. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective interview based study was conducted on a sample of 300 post partum women who underwent their deliveries in this hospital in six months duration in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MGM Medical College and Hospital, Jamshedpur. The women were counseled regarding post-partum contraception after assessment of their knowledge and practices. The interview included socio demographic profile of the participants, their awareness for contraceptive methods and reasons for its acceptance/refusal. RESULTS: In our study we observed that only 68 % of the ladies had heard about various methods of contraception. Most patients knew about IUCD & OCPs. Most patients came to know about contraception from television & doctors and other healthcare givers. After proper counseling, 95% patients opted for IUCDs, barrier method ( male condom ) and injection DepoProvera. Only 25 % patients knew about emergency contraceptive pill and 36 % patients had knowledge about MTPill. CONCLUSION: There is a great lacuna in the awareness of contraception, emergency contraception and medical abortion in the women under study. Regular detailed and proper counselling is a must to all postpartum and post-abortal women . Women should be given the cafeteria approach for contraception by providing detailed and comprehensive information about the various methods available and they should be given a choice to choose the method of contraception best suited to their needs, which will help improve the general health of the women and their children.
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Dr. Ranju Jha, Dr. Umesh khan
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