Effective Contraceptive Practices

A study was conducted at Gynae Unit III at Services Hospital, Lahore. The study period was January 2009 to December 2010.The women included in the study were multi gravida, grandmultigravida, multipara and grand multipara. Total 1000 women were interviewed both from urban and rural area. The aim of study was to know the awareness of the married women about the contraceptive methods, their practical use and the main reasons for non practicing of contraceptive methods. The study showed that most of the women are aware of the family planning methods available. The most practiced method was withdrawal method. About half of the pregnancies were unplanned. Most of the clients had used the different effective methods (pills, Injection or IUCD) but discontinued for related effects of these methods. The study concluded that there is a wide gap between the awareness & use of the contraceptive methods due to variety of reasons. Effective counseling of the couple with providing literature of contraceptive methods can be effective.