Study of knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning in an urban area of Bharatpur

Abstract

Background: A cross-sectional study was conducted during September-October, 2004 among 255
purposively selected woman of reproductive age group (15-44 years) in Bharatpur Municipality,
Chitwan district.

Material and Methods: Door to door survey was conducted and informations were collected on a
structured and pre-tested proforma from 255 married women.

Result: It was found that 100% of the respondents had heard about any one or the other method of
family planning.All respondents had knowledge about Condom. The majority of them had knowledge about Oral Contraceptive Pills (92.9%), injectable (89.4%) and Intra Uterine Device (89.4%). The currently married women (45.8%) were using injectable (Depo-Provera). The OCP & IUD were being used by 18.8% each.

Conclusion: Knowledge regarding family planning method was far from satisfactory. They had
positive attitude towards family planning.