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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Diffusion of the culture of contraception: program effects on young women in

rural Bangladesh.

AUTHORS

Mita R; Simmons R

SOURCE

STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING. 1995 Jan-Feb;26(1):1-13.

ABSTRACT

During a focus group study examining the relationship between women's status and family planning in Matlab,

Bangladesh, researchers learned that a group facilitator had clearly remembered the arrival of the community family

planning worker in her village 10 years earlier when she was not yet married and the effect her arrival had on the

facilitator and her friends. Four more focus group sessions with 15 young, recently married women (mean age = 16.7

years) and questions about young women were added to the study and session guidelines. The study revealed that

the media was an important influence. These focus group discussions indicated that the family planning worker

contributed greatly to the diffusion of information and ideas in the late 1970s, when the Matlab family

planning/maternal and child health project began, and during the 1980s. The media, the rise of a culture of

contraception, and the influence of modernization facilitated the family planning worker's role. Her presence in the

community and the information disseminated through the media stimulated conversations. The interaction of peers

and family members processed new knowledge and ideas. The Matlab project through its community workers

introduced the idea that women can control their reproductive lives and consciously determine their family size.

These findings emphasize the significant role of the female outreach worker in rural Bangladesh. They suggest that

employment of women as community family planning workers may have had benefits other than those expected. The

findings show the need for family planning programs to address the contraceptive needs of young, married women.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2540-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Diffusion of the culture of contraception: program effects on

young women in rural Bangladesh.", is(are) Mita R; Simmons R. The source of this article is "STUDIES IN FAMILY

PLANNING. 1995 Jan-Feb;26(1):1-13.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT2T 2540-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7540

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