KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS TOWARDS USING PERMANENT CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG FAMILY PLANNING USERS IN SPHMMC

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ABSTRACT Background An estimated 358 000 maternal deaths occurred worldwide in 2008, a 34% decline from the levels of 1990. Despite this decline, developing countries continued to account for 99% (355 000) of the deaths. Fortunately, the vast majority of maternal and newborn deaths can be prevented with proven interventions to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted using modern contraceptive and every birth is safe. Vasectomy and female sterilization are the least used methods of modern contraceptive each accounting only for 0.2%. Objective of the study To assess knowledge and attitude of using permanent contraceptives among SPHMMC FP users and assess the determinants affecting using permanent contraceptives Method A cross-sectional quantitative student based study was used. The actual sample size for the study was determined using the formula for single population proportion. A trained interviewer was used to administer the interview to the respondents. The data collected in questionnaire was physically checked and entered in to SPSS version 21. The data were analyzed by summarizing, tabulating and presenting in various formats Results A total of 205 respondents, with 100% response rate, were participated in this research. Out of them 173(84.4%) of the respondents have heard about at least one of the permanent contraceptive methods. 84(48.6%) of them knows both tubal ligation and vasectomy as permanent contraceptive methods. 79(45.7%) heard about PCMs from friends/families. 155(75.6%) of the respondents have negative attitude towards using PCMs. Using 95% confidence interval; sex, educational status, plan to have more children, plan to limit fertility and monthly income show statistically significant relation with knowledge of at least one type of PCMs. Whereas educational status, occupation, monthly income and number of children show statistically significant relation with attitude towards using PCMs. Conclusion In conclusion, the knowledge towards using PCMs is still low for the society to be a good alternative family planning choice. Even if the community has appreciable attitude towards limiting fertility and having adequate family size, PCMs are still by far the least choice of family planning method.