A crew of specialists from Amrita Hospital carried out a research to analyse contraceptive use, information, and fertility intentions in Wayanad district and located that solely 26.4 % use contraceptives as in comparison with the state common of 53 %. Moreover, information about contraceptive use was poor amongst greater than half of the ladies (53%).
According to the hospital, The pattern dimension was 2500 ladies within the reproductive age group of 15-49 years. The ladies represented within the research are primarily from Paniya, Kurichiyar, Adiya, Kattunaicken.
“This was closely aligned with the knowledge of emergency contraception and educational levels, with higher educational levels having better knowledge. Women who had a higher level of education were 2 times more likely to have better knowledge. The knowledge of emergency contraceptive use was also found to be very poor and this was closely related to poor knowledge of contraceptives in general. Those who desired more than two children had lower knowledge of contraceptives,” it acknowledged on Thursday.
“Initially, only about 41.2% (1027/2495) reported having heard of contraceptives, and on further probing this increased to 50.3% (1256/2495). Only more than a third (36.7%) had above-average knowledge of contraceptives. Less than a fifth, 433 (17.4%) reported having heard of oral contraceptives. Only 68 answered further knowledge questions on OCP of which about a third (33.8%) of the women had above average knowledge,” Said Dr. Aswathy S, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi, who carried out the research.
The Finding was relating to gender norms and expectations. There didn’t look like a gender bias in favor of the male little one as solely 3.9% reported that one other little one was vital if each the kids had been women.42.5% most well-liked two youngsters/household and 38.2% desired three youngsters.
“The key findings are that contraceptive use is lower than the general population at 26.4%. However, the family size is not commensurately high which may be due to the use of traditional methods of contraception. Of those who have used contraception 63.8% had used permanent methods. Among those who had not used a contraceptive worry about side effects and partner not wanting to use a method were the main reasons cited. The use of contraceptives was two times higher among the Paniya group compared to Kattunaicken, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, and other groups. Those who were more vulnerable such as staying in a kutcha house were less likely to use contraceptives,” she added.
This research particularly highlights the necessity for enhancing schooling and rising consciousness of contraceptives among the many varied indigenous teams in Kerala. The findings of the research was revealed within the BMJ Open journal in April this 12 months.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”