WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Alaq Mohammed Nazar* and Dr. Ammar H. Yahia

ABSTRACT

Family planning is a program to regulate the number and spacing of pregnancies in a family through the practice of contraception methods and treatment of infertility. The aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence and reasons behind married women's reluctance to family planning in Mosul city. The study's goals were accomplished by using a cross-sectional study design performed from 1st of January/2023 to the end of June/2023. The study included six hundred married reproductive women between the age of (15-55) years old attending Al_Qadesia primary health care center (P.H.C.C.), Al_Arabi P.H.C.C., Al_Hadbaa P.H.C.C., and 17_Tamuz P.H.C.C. in Mosul city and who were selected randomly. A questionnaire form was specially prepared by the researcher and approved by the supervisor in order to collect the relevant information related to the study. The result of the study revealed 364 (60.7%) of married women included in this study were using the family planning methods and the remainder 236 (39.3%) were reluctant to family planning. 46.6% of the reluctant group were at age (20-29) years old, and 38(16.1%) of the reluctant group don’t know the meaning of family planning. However, the study revealed that the husband's desire and the social habits caused them to have more children with 32(13.6%), 52(22.0%) respectively. The study concluded that there is a large proportion of married women who are reluctant to family planning and the most important causes were Arabic race, illiterate women, age, social habits, do not know what family planning mean and husband desire respectively. The recommendations are to increase the knowledge and the importance of family planning by multimedia educating programs, and putting solutions to overcome the causes of reluctance.