Family Planning Knowledge, Use and attitudes Among Higher Secondary Students (A Case Study of Kirtipur Municipality)

Abstract

This study is based on the primary data collected from three different Higher Secondary Schools of Kirtipur Municipality. The basic purpose of this study is to assess the status of Family planning Knowledge use and attitudes among Higher Secondary Students of Kirtipur. So that, it will contribute to extend and recognize the status of adolescents students in this regard. This will be certainly an interest of concerned authorities, programme managers and academics of Kirtipur in particular. In addition, this study also aims to examine the students perception about marriage and fertility behaviour. Further, this study also examines the general relationships between two or more variables through simple percentage and cross frequency tables. The independent variables included in the study are both demographic eg. Age, sex etc. and socio-economic, eg. Caste, Religion, mass media exposure and educational and occupational status of parents etc. In addition, this study also examines students view regarding marriage and fertility behaviour and pre-marital sex.The over all analysis of the study in based on the response of the higher secondary school students of Kirtipur Municipality. The findings of this study reveal that many students clearly don’t have anadequate understanding of contraceptive methods in general, even when theyhave frequently heard and seen contraceptive advertisements. Students exposure to the mass media is most frequent. Therefore, the media can be a major path to educate adolescent and to all people about reproductive,sexual health and contraception, if they (the media) include healthy, accurate and honest messages. Further, any improvement in the present level of adolescents knowledge and attitude towards family planning will make direct impact on the potential use of contraceptive methods. Moreover, information education and communication(IEC) improve people's knowledge and attitudes. It can increase the acceptance of family planning methods, and promoting effective contraceptive can prevent unwanted pregnancy and abortion, and then help in reducing maternal mortality and fertility level. V