Family Planning and Contraceptive Methods

Abstract

Family planning is that a couple have as many children as they can care for and whenever they want. Family planning plays an important
role in preventing unintended pregnancies that make up about %50 percent of all pregnancies and decreasing abortion, curretage,
maternal mortality rate, sexual transmitted diseases because of unintented pregnancy and improvement various subjects about mother, baby and public health like raising the socioeconomic level of society. % 50 percent of unintented pregnancies occur because of
incomplete and incorrect using of contraceptive methods and no contraceptive method is used in the remaining % 50 percent of
unintented pregnancies. So types of contraceptive methods, funtional mechanism and effectiveness of contraceptives and usage rate of contraceptives in community should be known well for effective family planning. Correct usage of contraceptive methods and
types of contraceptives have significant role on effectiveness of the methods and these effects have been seen in different studies. For
example some studies show that long acting reversible contraceprives like intrauterin devices and subdermal implants are more effective
in preventing unintented pregnancies. With the right choice and the correct using of contraceptives and the more knowledge about contraceptive methhods , better family and population planning can be done.