OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGICIIL NURSING Awareness and uses of Family planning among married women in Reproductive age in Alsalama Almadina Alkhairia Khartoum State (2014)

Abstract

Abstract Family planning ls the planning of when to have children, and the use of birth control and other uses techniques commonly used include sexuality education, prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections, pre-conception counseling and management, and infertility management ll‘ This research was conducted in Alsalama Almadina Alkairia —Khartoum state (2014), overall objective to assess the awareness and uses of family planning among married women in reproductive age. Methods: the study is a community based descriptive cross- sectional design through interviewing one hundred twenty women in the reproductive age live at Alsalam Almadina Alkairia Khartoum state. Results: the study showed that about (3.3%) of study population their age is less than 20 years (Table 4- 1). (18.3%) of study population were llliterate (Table 4-2). only (9.2%) of study population were employees and the rest were house wives. (Table 4-3). (98.3%) of study population heard about family planning, figure (4-l). The majority (91.3%) received information from midwifcs, Tablc(4-5 ) .( 100%) of study population know about the benefit of family planning well , figure ( 4-2 ) . Awareness about names of selected family planning methods showed is very high as all of the parameter scored and more specifically (99.l7%)of study population had heard about oral contraceptive pills table (4-10). The result showed that about(75%) of study population used a contraceptive methods while ( 25% ) of study population not used a contraceptive methods ( Table 4-ll ) .About (55.8%) of study population experiences 4 pregnancies and more in range {4-9} pregnancies, (5%) of study population get pregnant Up to nine times, Table( 4-6). (l l.7%) of study population had experience child mortality rate less than Zyears table (4-8). (39%) of study population reported failure ofcontraception. figure (4-4). The types of contraceptive used was as the following: the majority of study population (65.5%) of study population used oral pills, (18.8%) of study population used lactation ,and (15.7%) ofstudy population used