Basu A M
Stud Fam Plann. 1984 May-Jun;15(3):136-42.
Interviews wih women in six villages in India and with educated, working women selected to be trained as interviewers in five states, and evidence from formal studies are discussed to support the conclusions that (1) the low overall rates of contraceptive use in India are at least partly due to low levels of knowledge about different methods of birth control, especially of the modern reversible methods; and (2) the low use of all methods except sterilization is a good proxy for lack of knowledge about these methods. It is suggested that, both in the interests of achieving demographic targets and in the interests of the clientele of the family planning program, much greater emphasis must be placed on spreading practical information about reversible contraception. The information dissemination activities of the program so far have tended to concentrate on the why of family planning and neglect the how, except in promoting sterilization.
对印度六个村庄的妇女以及五个邦中被挑选出来接受培训成为访谈员的受过教育的职业女性进行了访谈，并讨论了来自正规研究的证据，以支持以下结论：（1）印度避孕措施总体使用率较低，至少部分原因是对不同节育方法，尤其是现代可逆方法的了解程度较低；（2）除绝育外，所有方法的低使用率很好地表明了对这些方法缺乏了解。有人建议，为了实现人口目标以及从计划生育项目服务对象的利益出发，必须更加重视传播有关可逆避孕的实用信息。该项目迄今为止的信息传播活动往往集中在计划生育的原因上，而忽视了方法，除了推广绝育手术。
