@article{Patel_Gandha_Koringa_Mehta_Parmar_Yadav_2014, title={A COMMUNITY BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE UNMET NEED OF FAMILY PLANNING IN URBAN SLUMS AND IT’S DETERMINANTS IN WESTERN PART OF INDIA}, volume={4}, url={https://njmr.in/index.php/file/article/view/445}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Context</strong>: Unmet need is a valuable indicator of National Family Planning Programme. It shows how well the programme<br />achieves the key mission of meeting the population’s felt need of family planning. It is added to the 5th MDG as an indicator concerned with maternal health.</p> <p><strong>Aims</strong>: To find out 1.) Unmet need of family planning and 2.) Its determinants. Settings and Design: A community based cross sectional study was done among married women of age 15-45 years of urban slums in Jamnagar city.</p> <p><strong>Methods and Material:</strong> total 200 study participants were selected by systemic random sampling and interviewed by<br />using pretested semi-structured Performa. Statistical analysis used: Microsoft excel was used for data entry and analysis done by software Epi-info.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: overall level of unmet need was 20.50%. It was found to be influenced by various socio-demographic factors<br />(age of women, gender of last child and accessibility to the service providers) and these associations were found<br />statistically significant. Number of living children, occupation, and period of active married life, religion and collective<br />decision had no any effect on unmet need. (No statistically significant associations). Major reasons for not using<br />any methods were inconvenience (51.22%), refusal by spouse/family members (21.95%) and lack of knowledge<br />(19.51%)<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: unmet need was higher in more fertile age-group therefore program should focus more on this agegroup.<br />Female education contributes significantly in reduction of unmet need. By encouraging inter-spousal communication<br />and male participation for family planning decision-making is important in bridging the gap between met<br />and unmet need.</p>}, number={01}, journal={National Journal of Medical Research}, author={Patel, Beena H and Gandha, Kapil M and Koringa, Hetal T and Mehta, Jitesh P and Parmar, Dipesh V and Yadav, Sudha B}, year={2014}, month={Mar.}, pages={7–9} }