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YEAR:

2005

CATEGORY:

Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Attitudes towards family planning in the Southeast Anatolian Project (SEAP)

region of turkey.

AUTHORS

Ozcirpici B; Ozgur S; Sahinoz S; Bozkurt AI; Sahinoz T

SOURCE

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 2005;31(2):121-122.

ABSTRACT

The objective was to determine attitudes towards family size and last pregnancies in order to improve family planning

services in the Southeast Anatolian Project (SEAP) region. A questionnaire survey in the nine SEAP regional

provinces was carried out under the auspices of the `SEAP Public Health Project' from 2001 to 2002. The

participants comprised 1756 women and 661 men from 1126 households. For men and women aged 15 years and

over the median ideal number of children was three. The rate of unintended last pregnancies (43.1%) in the present

study was very high compared to the national average of 18.8%. Some 30.1% of the last pregnancies were unwanted

by either partner. The number of pregnancies and children in this region is approximately twice as high as the ideal

number. Families in the region are having more children than they want. Basic education must be given to women,

particularly non-Turkish speakers, to improve their knowledge and use of family planning. Family planning education

for men in rural areas also needs special attention. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 68-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Attitudes towards family planning in the Southeast

Anatolian Project (SEAP) region of turkey.", is(are) Ozcirpici B; Ozgur S; Sahinoz S; Bozkurt AI; Sahinoz T. The

source of this article is "Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 2005;31(2):121-122.". This article

was published in 2005 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 68-06. All rights reserved

with PubHealth.info) PIN: 68

This article is peer-reviewed.

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