eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Nursing Research 2378-5586 2020-07-05 8 5 483 494 10.12691/ajnr-8-5-1 AJNR2020851 article Walaa H. Ibrahim 1 Shiamaa G. Hassan 1 Walaa H. Abdel-fatah 2 Aml A. Mohamed rana@aun.edu.eg 2 Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt Background: Egypt's population encroach 100 million, the government is trying to change the people's minds. The government launched a family planning campaign "two children enough" to challenge the traditions of large families in rural Egypt. Family planning is a main point to control growth of population and promoting maternal and child health Aim: to assess attitude and practice of Egyptian married women toward using contraceptive methods to encourage campaign "two-children enough". And compare between attitude and practice of women who had <3 children and those who had ”Ż3 children. Methods: descriptive research design conducted at antenatal outpatient clinic of Woman's Health Hospital, Assiut University. A total number of 500 women recruited for the study which divided into two groups; group1 (250 women who had <3 children) and group2 (250 women who had ”Ż3 children). An interview questionnaire that divided into three parts was used. Results: it was found that the majority of studied women (82.8%) in group1 and (74.0%) in group2 agreed with the campaign with highly statistical significant difference between both groups p-value 0.001. Conclusion: the majority of the women in both group had a positive attitude toward family planning methods. Recommendations: The need for an educational programme for both the healthcare providers and the nursing women and media awareness campaigns should be tailored to encourage campaign. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/8/5/1/ajnr-8-5-1.pdf attitude practice contraceptive methods campaign two children enough