Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Family Planning in Saudi Arabia, 2017 | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 27, Volume 70, Issue 2, January 2018, Pages 345-348 PDF (309.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0043102 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Jumanah Ahmed Alsaedi1; Soliman Mohammed Alakel2; Abdulaziz Zaher Alalmaei3; Moodhi Rabih Al-Mutairi4; Sultan Hamad Almutair5 | ||
| 1Umm Al-Qura university | ||
| 2King Abdulaziz University | ||
| 3Imam Mohammd Ibn Saud Islamic University | ||
| 4Qassim university | ||
| 5KSAUHS | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Understanding the knowledge and conceptions of Saudi population regarding family planning methods is important for increasing the public awareness and maintaining the health of the women. Objectives: Evaluating the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding the family planning methods in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Methods: A cross-sectional community questionnaire based study was conducted among 560 adult married subjects in Saudi Arabia, from March to July 2017. Results: The most of included subjects had college degree, less than 3 children and were employee. The majority of subjects had good knowledge regarding the meaning, types and uses of contraceptives which resulted in high attitude and good practice pattern as 65.4% of subjects had good KAP toward family planning. Conclusion: The use of contraceptive types was quietly high among the Saudi subjects and this could be due to that most of the subjects had high educational degree. Keywords: | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Family Planning; contraceptives; kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA) | ||
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