Shambhavi Sharma
T. S. Misra Medical College and Hospital, IndiaPresentation Title:
Contraceptive use and women empowerment: A cross-sectional study among married females in a rural area of Gurugram, India.
Abstract
Introduction: Its appropriately said that empowering women is fostering the Nation’s empowerment. In the last two decades much focus has been given on women’s empowerment and promoting their rights. The cruciality linking the use of contraceptives and women empowerment has been well established with a direct and positive impact on maternal health and child health. Although there has been limited literature in this reference especially in rural area of Gurugram.
Aim & Objectives: To assess the prevalence of women empowerment and assess the association between use of contraceptives and unmet needs with women empowerment among the married females constituting the study area.
Material & methods: The study was conducted among married females of age group 18 to 45 years of age after getting informed consent from each subject. The study was conducted using two stage sampling technique through PPS (Probability Proportional to Size), in which a pre-tested, semi structured questionnaire was used with information about age, education, type of family, socio-economic status, age at first child, number of children, use of contraceptive methods, factors associated with unmet needs. A self-validated scale was used to assess the status of women empowerment among the study participants. Data was coded appropriately and analyzed using SPSS version 21.
Results: In this study Mean age of study population was 25.96 ± 30.021.In this study, 40.83% were not empowered still in the current study while 24.72% were partially empowered and 34.44% were fully empowered in the current study. The use of contraception was more in higher empowered women as compared to partially empowered or not empowered females.
Biography
Shambhavi, representing India, is an accomplished medical professional with an MBBS and an MD in community medicine. She is currently serving as an assistant professor at T S Mishra Medical College in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. With over eight years of experience in public health, she has been actively working at the grassroots level to prevent diseases in India. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she played a crucial role in collaboration with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to combat and prevent the spread of the virus. Her contributions to research are significant, with 8-10 original articles published in indexed national and international journals. She has actively participated in academic discussions through oral and poster presentations. Additionally, she is associated with the esteemed NGO "MAMTA," funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), focusing on the prevention of diseases affecting mothers and children.
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