Mushrooming of urban slums - A challenge toward population stabilization: A cross-sectional study in urban slums of Ahmedabad city

2016-11-23T08-34-12Z
Source: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health
Samarth Govil, Shalu R Chaudhary, Geeta Kedia.
Background: Being first in the world to launch nationwide family planning program, population stabilization is still a major concern for India and now with rapid expansion of urban slums with poor service delivery and limited research, it could transform into a formidable public health challenge. Objectives: (1) To find out unmet need for family planning in urban slum community. (2) To study birth spacing practices in urban slums. Materials and Methods: The crosssectional study was conducted during October-November 2015 in urban slum pockets of Ahmedabad city. A total of 195 women and child pair were interviewed using a pretested questionnaire. Data collected was entered in Microsoft Office 2007, and Epi info 7 was utilized for applying statistical tests. P 36 months while only 16.9% of illiterate couples follow the same (Chi-square value 16.16 at P

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