Method: Qualitative exploratory study design was adopted and a total of ten in-depth
interviews were conducted with family planning service providers of the area. For content …

Background: Family planning is a fundamental right of every human being. According to
National Family Health Survey-4 Karnataka factsheet the rate of female sterilization is …

Background: Despite decades of formulating and implementing the National Family Welfare
Programme, India, has still not attained the desired level of contraception usage. Objective …

Background Nearly 1.5 billion adolescent girls are entering into child bearing age groups
without effective knowledge regarding family planning practices which are essential to …

Objective To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of family planning among
women belonging to different socio-economic status. Methods A cross sectional study was …

Background and context. Uncontrolled and exponentially increasing population is one of the
biggest obstacles in the socioeconomic progress and prosperity of a nation. Aims and …

Background: India, which accounts for world's 17.5 percent population, is the second most
populous country in the world next only to China (19.4%). The major objective of the NFHS …

Introduction: In developing countries, especially in Africa, reproductive health is a great
concern to many stakeholders as maternal mortality and morbidity are very high compared …

The demographic profile of India is characterized by one of the high levels of fertility, low
ages at marriage and relatively low contraceptive prevalence. The present paper aims at …