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THE IMPACT OF MASS MEDIA FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMMES ON CURRENT USE OF CONTRACEPTION IN URBAN BANGLADESH
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Family MedicineContraceptive UseTeenage PregnancyOral ContraceptiveContraceptive Non-useReproductive HealthContraceptive DiscontinuationMass Media FamilyFamily PlanningJournalismContraceptionFamily Planning MessagesPreventive MedicineHealth CommunicationPublic HealthSexual And Reproductive HealthPregnancy PreventionMaternal ComplicationMaternal HealthUrban Bangladeshi WomenSexual HealthHuman Population PlanningMass CommunicationMedicineWomen's Health
A sample of 871 currently married urban Bangladeshi women was used to assess the impact of mass media family planning programmes on current contraceptive use. The analyses suggested that radio had been playing a significant role in spreading family planning messages among eligible clients; 38% of women with access to a radio had heard of family planning messages while the figures for TV and newspaper were 18.5% and 8.5% respectively. Education, number of living children and current contraceptive use were important predictors of exposure to any mass media family planning messages. There was a negative relationship between breast-feeding and the current use of contraception indicating a low need for contraception among women who were breast-feeding.