231244 Family Planning in India: North vs. South

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 5:05 PM - 5:25 PM

Imee Cambronero, MPH , School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
     
: India is the second-most populated country with an estimated population of 1.15 billion people living on 2,973,190 sq km . Despite the existence of one of the oldest family planning programs in the world , India has a fertility rate of 2.9 and a crude birth rate of 23 per 1,000 . In June – July 2008, a qualitative research study was conducted in contrasting two cities in two different regions in India: Agra in the North and Manipal in the South. The aim of the study was to examine and identify familial, cultural, and political incentives and barriers that influence self-efficacy for using contraceptives or permanent methods of family planning. The theory of Grounded Behavior used for analysis, using qualitative data collection methods. Face-to-face video interviews were conducted with twenty women and five health professionals, and in each case, an interpreter was used to translate from Hindi (Agra) and Kannada (Manipal) to English. Interviews were transcribed and common themes identified.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Advocacy for health and health education
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Basic medical science applied in public health
Other professions or practice related to public health
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
In June – July 2008, a qualitative research study was conducted in contrasting two cities in two different regions in India: Agra in the North and Manipal in the South. The aim of the study was to examine and identify familial, cultural, and political incentives and barriers that influence self-efficacy for using contraceptives or permanent methods of family planning. This findings of this study show that family planning is most accepted when the value of a girl is high, the husband and wife are the family planning decision makers, high maternal literacy, access to temporary and permanent family planning options and health care access. This study also shows how media can be used to communicate public health information and messages to different stakeholders and audiences.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have completed my MPH from the University of Minnesota, and completed this film as part of my work there.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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