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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Attitude towards family planning in Dharan, east Nepal, implications for the

family planning programme.

AUTHORS

Glennon MJ; Fegan DJ

SOURCE

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND

HYGIENE. 1993 Nov-Dec;87(6):612-4.

ABSTRACT

A survey of the knowledge, attitude, and practice of family planning was conducted in Dharan, Nepal. The town

offers a full range of family planning services free of charge. There was a strong desire to limit family size; 52.5% of

couples were currently using some modern method of family planning. Of the current users, 62.3% had been

sterilized, including 92.3% of those in the lowest socioeconomic group. Health risks and incompleteness of the

family were the most common reasons for non-use of contraception, the latter reason reflecting ignorance of the

temporary nature of some methods. There was a strong preference for male children and couples rarely used

contraception until at least one son had been born. Even in this prosperous town, where couples were highly

motivated towards family planning and all methods were readily available, there was heavy reliance on sterilization.

This is typical of Nepal and has largely been responsible for the failure of the family planning program--as most

couples choosing sterilization are in the older age group and have completed a relatively large family. If Nepal is to

succeed in meeting its target of reducing the total fertility rate (i.e., births per woman) from the current 5.8 to 4 by the

year 2000, it will need not only to expand services but to actively promote temporary methods of contraception,

particularly the more reliable, longer-acting, reversible methods such as Depo-Provera, Norplant, and intrauterine

contraceptive devices. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4529-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Attitude towards family planning in Dharan, east Nepal,

implications for the family planning programme.", is(are) Glennon MJ; Fegan DJ. The source of this article is

"TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 1993 Nov-Dec;87(6):612-4.".

This article was published in 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4529-06. All

rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9529

This article is peer-reviewed.

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