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t KEY FINDINGS-Family
Planning
Priyasha Dutta
Shirsho Ghosh
Survey details
Understand barriers to using modern
methods for spacing among the most
marginalised women in the society of
age 15-24 years
Objective
Methodolog
y
Place of
survey
District- Paschim Champaran
Block- Behriya (17 panchayats)
Selection of 5
panchayats under
Behriya PHC
Interviews
In-depth interviews
Women & and their
husbands(30)
Panchayats surveyed
Aanganwadi centre
Loukariya
Toli
Tadhvanandpur
tola
Miyapur
Toli
Tunkariya
Dhuniya
Gaha rout
Tilangari
Khalwa
Selection of families to
be surveyed from the
THR list and Pregnant
woman list at
Key informant
interviews(10)
Mother in laws and
sister in laws
ASHA
KEY FINDINGS
Types of
service
providers
Communica
tion process
Documentat
ion and
monitoring
Incentivisati
on
Acceptor
Service
Supply
Perception
Different
types of
products
supplied
Distribution
channels
Supply
strategy
Knowledge
Source
Decision
making
Informed
choice
Acceptor
perception
Source
Condoms:
ASHA
AWW
ANM
Local shops
PHC
OCP and ECP ASHA
AWW
ANM
PHC
Copper T and
IUCDPHC
Knowledge
Methods aware of Condoms
Copper T
ECP
OCP
Methods not aware of
IUCD
Reason:
Lack of awareness and
clarity of thought among
ASHA regarding the
methods and hence lack
of promotion of the same
Lack of trust on services
provided by government
due to past experience
Decision Making
Initiator- ASHA, AWW, ANM, Neighbours
Influencers(factors of influence)
For women:
Husbands:
Sexual relation not always consensual. Usage
depends upon the degree of pleasure and whims
of husbands.
Mother-in-laws
Sister-in-laws
Positive influence to use if they have gained from
it but higher negative influence if any bad
experience from it
For men:
Mother: Attitude against consensual decision of
usage by the couple and want for more children
specially boy child
For both:
Society:
Acceptor
perception
Traditional Rhythm
method Couples avoid intercourse 3
weeks after end of
menstrual cycle. Very
convenient in these villages
ECP(no
usage)
because women
have an
Fear
of
infertility
on usage
inherent problem
of irregular
menstrual cycle and they do
Condoms(Medium
usage)
Lack of pleasure
Meets wife twice or thrice a
year
Inconvenience with the
sticky feeling
Shyness to buy from shops
or ask from FLW
Accused guilty of
extramarital affair
while
OCP(usage
rare)
buying
condoms
from
shops
Acidity
as
there
is
a
general
notion
Vomiting
using condoms only to
ofNausea
prevent
of
Fear oftransmission
infertility
Informed Choice
Copper T(rare
usage)
Rarely used by women who are
aware enough of the infection in
cervix due to less spaced
babies.
Bleeding
Infection in the uterine wall
and cancer
Falling of copper T out of the
body
Problem in having intercourse
Problem with the string which
hangs
Restrictions in carrying out
household chores like
carrying heavy goods
Birth of dead child or
miscarriage after removal of
copper T
Mucus discharge form vagina
Fear of device breaking inside
the path
Lack of trust on quality of
Perception of people
not using any
method
Service Providers
Types of
Channels
Condoms:
ASHA
AWW
ANM
Local shops
PHC
ASHA
AWW
ANM
PHC
Gaps in
Communication
Process
ASHA/AWW/ANM
Documentation and
monitoring
Supply
Types of
products
Distribution
Channels
Supply Strategy
Top-down approach(Followed)
Districts provide stock
State
District
Blocks(PHC)
PHC
Free- Collection from
Villages
PHC by individual
(ASHA,ANM)
acceptors targeting
Bottom-up approach(Should be)
mostly families coming
State
for deliveries and
Ideally it should be
Product category
treatment A part of it
District
distributed according to
Product name
given
to
ANM
to
the demand list
Condom
Nirodh
Blocks(PHC)
prepared by ASHA and
distribute on VHSND
OCP
Mala N
replenished time to time
ASHA- Collected by
Pregnancy Test Kit
HSC(Panchayat)
instead of one time
Copper T
ASHA facilitators for
supply in a year.
ECP
handover to ASHA for
Villages(ASHA,ANM)
Local shops
distribution at village
Condoms of commercial
level. of incentives to ASHA comes only twice a year at PHC during Holi and Diwali which is a great
Fund for payment
category like Manforce and
Key
Kohinoor.
Findi
ng in
Suppl
y