Attitude and Practice of Egyptian Married Women toward Contraceptive Methods Use as Atrial of Encouraging Campaign “Two Children Enough”

Walaa H. Ibrahim¹, Shiamaa G. Hassan¹, Walaa H. Abdel-fatah² and Aml A. Mohamed^2,

¹Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

²Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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Walaa H. Ibrahim, Shiamaa G. Hassan, Walaa H. Abdel-fatah and Aml A. Mohamed. Attitude and Practice of Egyptian Married Women toward Contraceptive Methods Use as Atrial of Encouraging Campaign “Two Children Enough”. American Journal of Nursing Research. 2020; 8(5):483-494. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-8-5-1

Abstract

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 ≥3 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 ≥3 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.

Keywords:
attitude practice contraceptive methods campaign two children enough

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