Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Contraceptive among Married Reproductive Females

Abstract

Introduction: Unintended pregnancy, human immunodefi ciency virus and other sexually transmitted diseases are an important public health issue because they are associated with maternal, foetal, neonatal and other adverse outcome. Therefore preventing unintended pregnancy is the important concern. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of contraceptive among married reproductive females. Material and method: The present cross sectional study was carried out at urban health training centre of tertiary care hospital from 16th March to 16th May 2013. Total 205 married reproductive females were enrolled in the study. Result: In the study 71.22% females had awareness regarding any method of contraception. Knowledge about emergency contraceptive was quiet low (6.83%). The most common source of information on contraception was media, both printed and electronic. The most common reason for discontinuation of family planning methods was fear of side effects. Conclusion: Effort should be made to educate the public about the safety and convenience of modern, long term, reversible methods of contraception among both in health care professional and public.