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Pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional KAP study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm
INTRODUCTION: Indian subcontinent carries 17 % of world's population, being the second largest populated country. The maternal mortality rate of the country is still high. The study was aimed to study factors leading to pregnancy in women with previous two living children and their knowledge ab...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32984146 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_219_20 |
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author | Kumar, Namrata Das, Vinita Agarwal, Anjoo Pandey, Amita Agrawal, Smriti |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Indian subcontinent carries 17 % of world's population, being the second largest populated country. The maternal mortality rate of the country is still high. The study was aimed to study factors leading to pregnancy in women with previous two living children and their knowledge about limiting family and their practice for use of contraceptives. METHODS: Questionnaire-based study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. RESULTS: 961 pregnant women attending antenatal outpatient department were interrogated and amongst them 167 (17.3 %) multigravida with previous two healthy children were enrolled in study and were asked to document in Questionnaire. Reasons for current pregnancy were gender bias, no desire to limit family, incorrect contraceptive use, contraceptive failure, doctor's mistake and religious belief. Desire for male child emerged as most common reason (37%) followed by improper or no use of contraception. Most significant associated factor was poor education of female partner (p = 0.010). CONCLUSION: This cross-sectional study evaluated the possible reasons of multiparity. We conclude that preference for male gender child is still very much prevalent in India, along with unmet need of family planning. Improving education of women might help to change attitude towards birth spacing and family size. |
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spelling | pubmed-74918052020-09-24 Pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional KAP study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm Kumar, Namrata Das, Vinita Agarwal, Anjoo Pandey, Amita Agrawal, Smriti J Family Med Prim Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: Indian subcontinent carries 17 % of world's population, being the second largest populated country. The maternal mortality rate of the country is still high. The study was aimed to study factors leading to pregnancy in women with previous two living children and their knowledge about limiting family and their practice for use of contraceptives. METHODS: Questionnaire-based study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. RESULTS: 961 pregnant women attending antenatal outpatient department were interrogated and amongst them 167 (17.3 %) multigravida with previous two healthy children were enrolled in study and were asked to document in Questionnaire. Reasons for current pregnancy were gender bias, no desire to limit family, incorrect contraceptive use, contraceptive failure, doctor's mistake and religious belief. Desire for male child emerged as most common reason (37%) followed by improper or no use of contraception. Most significant associated factor was poor education of female partner (p = 0.010). CONCLUSION: This cross-sectional study evaluated the possible reasons of multiparity. We conclude that preference for male gender child is still very much prevalent in India, along with unmet need of family planning. Improving education of women might help to change attitude towards birth spacing and family size. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7491805/ /pubmed/32984146 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_219_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kumar, Namrata Das, Vinita Agarwal, Anjoo Pandey, Amita Agrawal, Smriti Pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional KAP study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm |
title | Pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional KAP study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm |
title_full | Pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional KAP study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm |
title_fullStr | Pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional KAP study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm |
title_full_unstemmed | Pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional KAP study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm |
title_short | Pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional KAP study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm |
title_sort | pregnancy in women with previous two healthy children, associated factors, and acceptability of contraception among these women: a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional kap study in world's second most populated country advocating two-child norm |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32984146 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_219_20 |
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