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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Knowledge, attitudes and practice of family planning at Mgeta Morogoro Rural

-- a baseline survey done prior to the introduction of the integrated

family planning, nutrition and parasite control project (IP)

AUTHORS

Mpangile GS

SOURCE

[Unpublished] [1992]. 11, [1] p.

ABSTRACT

This study provided baseline data on knowledge, attitudes, and practice of family planning in Mgeta village,

Tanzania, prior to the introduction of the Integrated Family Planning, Nutrition, and Parasite Control (IP) project. The

baseline survey was conducted in January 1990 in 5 of the 6 villages that comprise Langali Ward in Mgeta village. A

randomly selected population of 310 villagers, identified by household lists obtained from the village government,

was interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The respondents were predominantly female (197, or 63.5%),

married (60%), Roman Catholic (95%), between 20-45 years old (68.7%), and employed in agriculture (90.3%). Only

104 (33.5%) were aware of any contraceptive methods (usually oral contraceptives), and only 43 (13.8%) were ever-

users of contraception (29, or 67%, used oral contraceptives). Only 21 (6.7%) were current users of contraception, yet

51 (16.4%) admitted to having attempted an induced abortion. The author concluded that there is a poor correlation

between contraceptive awareness and user rates (33.5% and 6.7%, respectively), and more women had histories of

induced abortion (16.%) than were ever-users of contraception (13.8%). The author proposed the development of

motivational family planning services that focus on creating and maintaining demand (rather than increasing

awareness) to prevent unwanted pregnancies. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1537-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Knowledge, attitudes and practice of family planning at

Mgeta Morogoro Rural -- a baseline survey done prior to the introduction of the integrated family planning, nutrition and

parasite control project (IP)", is(are) Mpangile GS. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] [1992]. 11, [1] p.".

This article was published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 1537-06. All

rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 11537

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