Study on Female Sterilization in PHC of Dahod District during the Year 2013-14
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction : India became the first country in the world to launch an official family planning program with the aim of reducing population growth. The current fertility norm in India is two children. Objectives : (1) To study distribution of Female Sterilization operation cases of PHC during the year 2013-14. (2) To study 2 child norms & gender preference among female sterilization cases. Method : Retrospective record based study of 207 Female sterilization cases from a tribal PHC for the year April 2013- March 2014 was carried out from the PHC records. Results : Agriculture was the primary occupation of all the cases. Higher numbers of cases were motivated by the ASHA Worker 42.5% followed by FHW 26.1%. Median age for female sterilization is 28 years. 63.28% female have done their Tubal Ligation (T.L.) operation in the age group of 25-29 years followed by 22.71% in age group of 30-34years. Against the current fertility norm of 2 children, 21.3% females have 2 children while38.2% females have 3 children & 28% females have 4 children with 3.29 as the mean number of live children at the time of operation. Majority of females (78.3%) and their husband (57.4%) were illiterate. Majority of cases were operated in winter season (88.4%) which reveals that winter is the most preferred season for any surgical operation by the community. Majority were operated in government setup (86.95%) followed by Private (13.05%). Being a tribal PHC of a tribal district 93.24% cases were from ST category. Majority (85.5%) were from BPL category. 75% females have their last child of age 1 year or less.
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Kalpesh Baria, Jay Sheth, D Bala
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