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KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RELATED SERVICES AMONG MARRIED WOMEN IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

. Dr. Muhammad Farooq, Nusrat Parveen, Iqra Shahzadi, Nasim Akhtar Sharif & Memoona Sattar


Abstract

It is an admitted fact that reproductive health is an integral part of the women’s health. The objective of the study was to assess the level of knowledge and practice towards reproductive health related service among married women in Punjab, Pakistan. The study was cross-sectional and descriptive in nature. The target population of the study was married women visited the Outpatient Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. The study was conducted during the period of March 15, 2023 to April 10, 2023. The convenient sampling technique was used to draw the sample size. A representative sample of 200 married women were selected from the Outpatient Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. The ethical approval was accorded from the Medical Superintendent of Mayo Hospital, Lahore. A well-structured and administered research instrument was used to collect the data. The collected data was cleaned, organized, coded and entered in the SPSS version 26. The descriptive analysis was employed to measure the level of knowledge and practice of reproductive health related services. The findings show that female was well equipped with the knowledge and practice of reproductive health related services. It was also found that median age at first marriage and first birth was low in both urban and rural areas. Most importantly, the level of practice of reproductive health related services was low as compared to knowledge. It is recommended that it is high time concerned authorities come up with a comprehensive action plan to improve the reproductive health of married women in Punjab, Pakistan.

Index Terms: Family Planning, Reproductive Health, Knowledge and Practice, Married Women

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