Mita R, Simmons R
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
Stud Fam Plann. 1995 Jan-Feb;26(1):1-13.
This article describes a process of diffusion of family planning information, ideas, and technology among an unanticipated audience of young, unmarried women in rural Bangladesh. The data are derived from a focus-group study conducted in 1987-88 in the Maternal Child Health and Family Planning Project in Matlab, Bangladesh. A discussion with a staff member revealed her vivid memory of the arrival of the community-based family planning worker in her village 10 years earlier, before she was married. Based on this research lead, four focus-group sessions were held with newly married young women, and a set of questions about young women were incorporated into the sessions with other community women. The discussions showed that many young, unmarried women learn about family planning from an early age from the community-based family planning worker, from female relatives, peers, and the media. The findings of this exploratory study suggest that greater attention be paid to the contraceptive needs of young women and that continued research be conducted with this population of women.
本文描述了计划生育信息、观念和技术在孟加拉国农村地区一群意想不到的受众——年轻未婚女性中的传播过程。数据来源于1987 - 1988年在孟加拉国马特莱的母婴健康与计划生育项目中进行的焦点小组研究。与一名工作人员的讨论揭示了她对10年前社区计划生育工作者在她结婚前来到她所在村庄的生动记忆。基于这一研究线索，与新婚年轻女性举行了四次焦点小组会议，并将一系列关于年轻女性的问题纳入了与其他社区女性的会议中。讨论表明，许多年轻未婚女性从小就从社区计划生育工作者、女性亲属、同龄人以及媒体那里了解到计划生育知识。这项探索性研究的结果表明，应更加关注年轻女性的避孕需求，并继续对这一女性群体进行研究。
