Level of Knowledge and Acceptability Towards Family Planning

Abstract

Family planning widely promotes developing countries a means to decrease fertility rates and advance economic development. Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all people are very important goals of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG, Good Health and Well-Being). This study was conducted with the general objective of determining the level of knowledge and acceptability towards family planning in one particular barangay located in Manila City and one of the important things is to know the demographic profile of respondents including the source of information of each respondent regarding Family Planning and usage of contraceptives and the method used in Family Planning. The researchers utilized a Quasi-Experiment research design, which is used to test a single group with pre-test and post-test. An adapted survey-questionnaire by Edna R. Javier was used and the pre-test and post-test method. Citizens from a selected barangay in Manila were chosen randomly through simple random sampling;a total of 30 respondents attended the seminar. The researchers utilized T-Test of Dependent Means to compute, analyze and interpret the data and determine if there is a significant difference on the level of respondents’ knowledge and acceptability towards family planning before and after the seminar. The researchers used the Likert Scale of questionnaire; to gather data, they first chose a barangay that allowed them to conduct a survey and a family planning seminar. On March 21, 2018, the researchers were able to conduct a pre-test questionnaire before starting the family planning seminar; the seminar was held at the seminar hall of the barangay health center. The researchers started the seminar with the brief knowledge about family planning; afterward the health workers also repeated what the researchers did, to ensure that there will be no questions and confusion after the family planning seminar. The researchers went to the respondents’ houses for another test assessment which is the post-test done on April 22, 2018.In the end, the results were sought. The primary sources of information of the respondents towards family planning were the Barangay Health Workers. Majority of the respondents practiced family planning methods; the most widely used contraceptive is hormonal pills. There were changes and differences in the level of knowledge before and weeks after the seminar, from the mean of 3 before the seminar increased into 4 which implies that the respondents gained knowledge weeks after the discussion about family planning and contraceptives. The result showed that there is a significant difference in the level of acceptability before and weeks after the seminar, wherein the respondents have gained more knowledge after the researchers and health workers discussion about Family Planning. It showed that the respondents were aware about family planning, but do not have further knowledge about the different methods used in family planning. There's a significant difference between pre-test (before the seminar) and post-test (after seminar) regarding the topic and the level of knowledge and acceptability towards family planning. The review and the study and especially, Family Planning itself, can help people be aware on family planning, and can help reduce the fertility rate and overpopulation and can easily promote the economic development in the country to lessen poverty and environmental stress.