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ArticleJournal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India2022

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Contraceptives Among Married Women of Rural Vellore.

Margret Beaula Alocious Sukumar, Sushil Mathew John

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Article in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Margret Beaula Alocious SukumarSRM School of Public Health, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu Dist., Tamil Nadu India.
Sushil Mathew JohnLow Cost-Effective Care Unit, Schell Campus, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India.
Christian Medical College & Hospital · INSRM Institute of Science and Technology · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Ensuring reproductive health is central to the process of developing and improving the health of women and children and is linked to the issues such as sexually transmitted diseases, poverty, education, gender equality, and human rights. This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of contraceptives of married women aged 18-49 years in rural Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Methods: This study was conducted in Kaniyambadi block in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Two-stage cluster sampling was used. A total of 200 households were selected. From each household, one eligible woman was selected. Results: Two hundred women participated in the study. Nine percent had good knowledge, 52.5% had a good attitude and 67.5% had good practices as defined by this study. Education, belonging to non-scheduled caste, age, type of family, and the number of living children were significantly associated with knowledge, attitude, and practices in both bivariate analysis and multivariate analysis. The main reasons for not using contraception were the desire to have a child and the fear of side effects of contraceptives. Conclusion: Despite poor knowledge levels and moderate levels of good attitude, modern contraceptive usage in this study population was high. Women thought traditional methods were more effective than modern contraceptives. Permanent sterilization in women was the widely practiced modern contraceptive method. Strategies and methods to improve knowledge, and adoption of modern contraceptive usage among women and men need to be designed, implemented and studied.

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AttitudeContraceptivesKnowledgePracticesRural

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PMID35928079
PMCPMC9343527
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