Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2010 Feb;281(2):273-7. doi: 10.1007/s00404-009-1096-y. Epub 2009 Apr 30.
Despite the provision of safe and affordable family planning services, 120 million couples worldwide are not using any contraception to limit or space their family, and many who use one or the other method, conceive. According to the National Population Policy (NPP) 2000, various methods of contraception and fertility regulation shall be made accessible to all, so that India's population in 2010 will be 1,107 million instead of 1,162 million.
A hospital-based cross-sectional survey conducted in 2006. In-person interviews carried out with attendees of Gynaecology and Obstetrics outpatient clinics, and indoor patients of three hospitals of urban population to collect data regarding knowledge, attitude and practices of family planning methods.
A total of 55.2% subjects were aware of contraceptive methods, mostly barrier (52.7%), IUCD (46.1%) and oral pills (43.2%), but only 31.7% had ever used barrier contraception, IUCD 10.3% and oral pills 3.3%. Permanent methods were known to nearly 50% subjects but acceptance was very less, 5% only. Emergency contraception was known to 13.8% subjects.
Majority of women have favorable attitude towards family planning, but use of long-acting new methods is still low in our population, which needs to be promoted.
尽管提供了安全和负担得起的计划生育服务，但全球仍有 1.2 亿对夫妇不使用任何避孕措施来限制或规划家庭，而且许多使用一种或另一种方法的夫妇都怀孕了。根据 2000 年的《国家人口政策》，应向所有人提供各种避孕和生育调节方法，以使印度 2010 年的人口达到 11.07 亿，而不是 11.62 亿。
2006 年进行的一项基于医院的横断面调查。对妇科和产科门诊的就诊者以及三家城市人口医院的住院患者进行面对面访谈，以收集有关计划生育方法的知识、态度和实践的数据。
共有 55.2%的受试者了解避孕方法，主要是屏障法（52.7%）、宫内节育器（46.1%）和口服避孕药（43.2%），但只有 31.7%的受试者曾经使用过屏障避孕法，10.3%的受试者使用过宫内节育器，3.3%的受试者使用过口服避孕药。近 50%的受试者知道永久性避孕方法，但接受程度非常低，只有 5%。13.8%的受试者知道紧急避孕措施。
大多数女性对计划生育持赞成态度，但长效新型方法在我国人群中的使用仍然较低，需要加以推广。
