09Mar 2020

A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD AMONG MARRIED MEN

  • Community Health Nursing Department, Himalayan College of Nursing Swami Rama Himalayan University Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
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Objective: Family planning is no longer seen as measures of population control, but it is considered as a vital component of individual as well as nation development and also a means to protect and promote basic human rights1. Study assesses knowledge, practice and attitude regarding contraceptive methods among married men. Method: Quantitative research approach with cross-sectional method was used in this research study. Total 200 married men were selected from Barkot village, Doiwala Block, Dehradun district by simple random sampling technique. Result: Study revealed that overall mean knowledge score of the married men was 9.65?2.433. Percentage distribution of knowledge level shows that most (86.5%) of married men had moderately adequate knowledge, 11% of them had inadequate knowledge, whereas only 2.5% participants had adequate knowledge. Majority of the participants have positive attitude but less practice regarding contraceptive methods. Conclusion: Study findings conclude that the knowledge of married men regarding contraceptive methods was moderately adequate. Therefore, research study brought need for further education of the married men regarding contraceptive methods.

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[Rahul, Atul Kumar, Mugdha Devi Sharan Sharma and Ekta Bahuguna (2020); A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD AMONG MARRIED MEN Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Mar). 225-231] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

rahul kumar
Himalayan college of nursing, Swami Rama himalayan university, Dehradun uttrakhand, India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10621      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10621

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