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Item Access to Reproductive Health Services of Reproductive Age Married women in Sworek Vdc, Syangja District(Department of population studies, 2008) Paudel, Minakshi SharmaThe study on " Access to reproductive health services of reproductive age marriedwomen in Sworek VDC Syangja District" has been carried out using primary dataobtained 180 respondents of 9 wards reproductive age married women. The samplingmethod was purposive sampling. Information collection with the help of interviewschedule. The specific objectives of this study are: to identify knowledge about reproductivehealth service in reproductive age married women, to investigate family support to getreproductive health services, to find out practices of pregnancy care services and tofind out used of family planning services. In this study, knowledge about reproductive health found positive. Knowledgeand practices has seen gap. Some women had not time to get RH services. Family member role to get reproductive health services had not foundsatisfactory. There were found speak against about reproductive health services infamily. It is positive shown that decision maker to get RH services were self. Practices of pregnancy care services had slightlypositive found. Approximate fiftypercent only found antenatal checkup. Majority were not done antenatal check upminimum four times. Iron tablet access found not satisfactory. Most of pregnantrespondents were not found service accessibly. Family planning services found satisfactory. Most of women were using familyplanning services. Main share had fall on temporary methods. Encourager of familyplanning role of friends were high. Mass media was the main source of familyplanning services. Main causes never taking FP services had other (absent ofhusband). Satisfaction with RH services in community had found negative.Item Contraceptive Knowledge and Use Among Women of Reproductive Age of Slum Area (A Case Study of Meghauli Vdc-5, Chitwan District)(Department of population studies, 2008) Bhusal, YasodhaThe study “Contraceptive Knowledge and Use among Women of Reproductive Age of Slum Area: A Case Study in Meghauli-5, Chitwan District" has been carried out using primary data from 83 households and 92 respondents of currently married women of age group 15-49 years. The main objectives are given below: - To examine the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraceptive among currently married women age 15-49 years. - To examine the relationship among currently married reproductive age group of women education and occupation towards the use of contraceptives. - To assess the reason for use and non use of contraceptive by currently married women. The study has found that knowledge of family planning is that almost universal among respondents. All of them were familiar with at least modern method of contraceptive. Women with higher economic and educational status tend to have more knowledge on family planning method. Among all modern methods respondents have good knowledge on male/female sterilization, depo and condom. Current use of family planning is not satisfactory. Current use of contraceptive method is only 44 respondents or 48 percent and ever use of contraceptive is 58 respondents or 63 percent. 52 percent respondents did not use family planning, method because of various problems such as desire of children, fear of side effects, opposite of seniors, health problems etc.Item Knowledge and Utilization of Safe Motherhood services Among Married Women of Reproductive Age (A Case Study of Khanalthok Vdc of Kavrepalanchok District)(Department of population studies, 2010) Baral, SamitaThis study entitled "Knowledge and Utilization of Safe Motherhood ServicesAmong Married Women of reproductive Age." ( A Case Study of Khanalthok VDC ofKavrepalanchok District), is based on primary data. The objective of the study is to studythe level of Knowledge about Safe Motherhood Services among married women ofreproductive age and utilization of safe motherhood services among them. Total 125 respondents have been selected and purposive sampling method hasbeen applied as a method in this research. Amongst those respondents, only the motherswhose youngest child is below 5 years they bore are participated in interview. Closed and Open, two types of questionnaires have been prepared for this study.Primary data have been collected through interview method based on thesequestionnaires. More participants are from 25 to 29 years by age groups. Likewise, 26.4percent respondents are uneducated and most of them are seen as housewife whileanalyzing the profession they adopted. More respondents were found to have got marriedfrom the age between 16 to 17 years whereas 2.4 percent respondents have got married atthe age of 23 to 23 years. While researching on ANC knowledge, 68.8 percent respondents were found tobe aware and rest 31.2 percent had no knowledge on it. Similarly, it came to know fromthe study that 69.6 percent respondents have got their health checked up during thepregnancy period whilst 30.4 percent respondents have not. Likewise, 79.2 percent and74.4 percent respondents were found to have taken TT vaccination and iron tabletsrespectively. In conclusion, it is seen, from the research, urgent to raise the awareness andupgrade the level of education of the respondents as well as living standard is alsoequally necessary to be uplifted.Item Safe Motherhood Practice Among the Reproductive Age of Women (A case Study of Khahare Pangu VDC Kavreplanchok)(Department of Population Studies, 2011) Lama, Ratna BahadurThis dissertation tries to analyze the socio-economic, demographic, health status of reproductive age women in rural part of Nepal at Khahare Pangu VDCward no. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, and 8,Kavrepalanchok.The main objectives of this study is to find out the status of safe motherhood practice among the reproductive age of women. This study is conducted by using purposivesampling. The study included total 108 households and 108 reproductive agedwomenat leastwhohave one child in five yearsoldas a sample.Primary and secondary sourcesof datahasbeen used in this study. For data analysis simple statistical tools like proportion and percentagedistribution are applied. In the study area, majorityof the respondents are in age group 15-49years. Most of the women have lower income and depend on unproductive agriculture. Theeducational and health situation of reproductive age women are not satisfactory.Significantnumbers of women are living in joint family.Allthe respondents in the study area are believed inHindu and Buddhist religion. The total study population is 686 which is composed of 53.9 percent malesand 46.1 percent females. Among them, 33.4 percent engaged in agricultural sector. The literacy rate is 48.3 percent among the studied household population. Out of total household, 95.4 percent have own land, 78.7 percent used tape water for drinking and45.5 percent have per month income is less than 2000/-rupees and only 3.7 percent have8000/-rupeesand above monthly income. Out of 108 respondents, 70.4 percent have knowledge on safe motherhood. The highest respondents i.e. 34.3 percent had information on safe motherhood by the sources of family member/mother-in-law. All the respondents are having sub-health post facility in their community.Among all the respondents, 39.8 percent have checked up antenatal care during their pregnancy. The more antenatal care service users are 27.9 percent in the age group30-34 years.According to selected respondents, 42.6 percent received iron tablets, 38.0 percent received vitamin A, 80.0 percent delivered in their own home, 67.6 percent delivery assisted by family members, 25.9 percent used safe delivery kits in the time of delivery, 18.5 percent used sterilizedblade to cut the cord, 13.9 percent got postnatal care service, 73.9 percent literate and 32.9 percent illiterate women went to check up postnatal care but other did not go.