title: Contraceptive behaviour in the areas served by family welfare assistants and midwives in rural Bangladesh:  a comparative analysis.
abstract: "The study is an attempt to investigate contraceptive behaviour in the areas served independently by FWAs [family welfare assistants] and Dais [midwives] in...selected areas of Bangladesh....[Findings] indicated that almost every woman (98.5 percent in FWA area and 99.3 percent in dai area) has a basic awareness of at least one method of contraception....The results...suggest that a basic awareness has developed...in both the areas....A significant increase in the response on the knowledge of specific contraceptive methods was observed after prompting had been adopted while interviewing in both the areas.  This clearly reveals the influences of prompting...on measures of knowledge among the target population."  Data are from surveys conducted in 1985.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mallick
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Billah
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001459:Bangladesh; D001519:Behavior; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D006262:Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel; D006285:Health Planning; D019359:Knowledge; D008880:Midwifery; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies
keywords: Asia; Bangladesh; Behavior; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Delivery Of Health Care; Developing Countries; Family Planning; Family Planning Personnel; Family Planning Programs; Health; Health Personnel; Kap Surveys; Knowledge; Midwives; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Southern Asia; Studies; Survey Methodology; Surveys