A STUDY ON THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON ABORTION AMONG WOMEN IN REPRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP (15-49 YEARS) IN URBAN SLUMS OF GUWAHATI CITY

Dr.(Mrs) Jutika Ojah; Dr. Parimita Roychoudhury

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

A STUDY ON THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON ABORTION AMONG WOMEN IN REPRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP (15-49 YEARS) IN URBAN SLUMS OF GUWAHATI CITY

Dr. Mrs Jutika Ojah, Dr. Parimita Roychoudhury

Abstract :

Introduction: Abortion is one of the five leading causes of maternal death in developing world globally. Objective: To assess the knowledge, Attitude and Practice on abortion among women in slums of Guwahati City. Methodology: Community based cross sectional study on women in reproductive age groups( 15–49 years) in slums of Guwahati city, from April to July,2017. A sample size of 230 participants were interviewed for the study,by taking 50% proportion of women in 15–49 years to be selected from the slums. Results: Maximum were in the age group of 26–35 years. Knowledge on abortion is 83.47%% among the participants,although poor (31.2%) knowledge on legalisation of abortion.While 57% think that abortion is a good practice,37.3% of them would abort the conceptus if unwanted pregnancy occurs. Conclusion: Emphasis should be given on improving the knowledge on legal abortion by IEC among the women.