A Study To Assess The Knowledge Regarding Multipload Intra Uterine Contraceptives Among Women In Selected Areas Of Pune City.

Abstract

In India, overpopulation happen due to lack of education, illiteracy, lack of proper knowledge of sex education, rituals, and superstition in the country’s most populated area resulting in lack of development and exploitation of resources. This also cause threat to the environment by degrading the available natural resources. But by raising public awareness and enlisting strict population control norms, India will be able to tackle this issue. The process of birth control or contraception prevents pregnancy by interfering with the normal process of ovulation, fertilization and implantation.

Methodology: The study design was non-experimental descriptive study. Total 200 people residing in the selected urban area was selected for data collection. A Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from the samples. Tool was constructed to identify the demographic variables, and a set of self-structured questionnaires on knowledge regarding multi-load intrauterine contraceptives.

Result: Result depicts According to knowledge levels, majority of 65.5% women have average knowledge, 31% women have poor knowledge, and 3.5% women have good knowledge.

Conclusion: Statistically there was association between the knowledge regarding multi-load intrauterine contraceptives among women with the demographic variables like religion, number of children, awareness about multi-load intrauterine contraceptives and source of information on multi-load intrauterine contraceptives as the calculated chi-square value is more than chi-square table value with p>0.05.