KAP STUDY ON CONTRACEPTION USE AMONG MARRIED WOMEN IN RURAL BIHAR – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Uncontrolled growth of population is a potential threat for a developing country like ours; As it depletes the resources which are very limited and it also has harmful impact on maternal health. Despite of this fact, India is still above the replacement level, and the contraception prevalence rate for married females is 56%. The aim and objective of this study is to assess the knowledge and practice of contraceptive use among females of rural background. It is a cross sectional descriptive study which was conducted among 358 married females among age group of 18 to 49 yrs. residing in Rural Field Practice Area (Hajipur, Katihar, Bihar), Katihar Medical College , Katihar between January 23rd ,2024 to March 23rd,2024 .After getting informed consent from the females a pretested and predesigned questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of females regarding contraception . The questionnaire also focused towards the practice of contraception being adapted by them. Data was collected and analysed in Epi-info. Knowledge about contraceptive methods was studied among 358 married females residing in rural eld practice area. I found that majority of my study population i.e, 75% had knowledge about contraception but the practice of contraception was less than 35%.