A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Family Planning Among Married Women in Selected Communities with View to Prepare Video Assisted Teaching

Abstract

Family planning is the practice of control the number of children, and one has in a particular interval between their birth, to promote the maternal health especially by means of temporary or permanent method of sterilization. Objectives 1. Assess the knowledge regarding family planning methods among married women 2. Assess the attitude regarding family planning methods among married women. Find the association between knowledge and selected demographic variables. quantitative research approach was used this study. A descriptive design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in selected communities Kerala. Convenience sampling technique is used for this study. A sample of 500 married females in the age group of 20-36 yrs. residing within in Kerala. 44% has poor knowledge, 42% has average knowledge, 10% has good knowledge and only 4% has excellent knowledge regarding family planning methods.