• Shikha Arya
• Chandni Manral
• Himanshu Chauhan

India’s population is growing exponentially and currently Indian population has grown upto 121 million. This growing population is putting immensed pressure on constrained resources which are not growing in pace with this population growth. Family planning has been in place from 1950‟s and being reported in a survey that contraceptive use is only 54% and out of that 7% are using less reliable traditional methods. Women of reproductive age group (15-49) make up approximately 248 million, with 1.24 billion population and 254 women dying in childbirth for every 100000 births .These statistics help explain why India accounts for more than 20% of global maternal and child deaths—most of them preventable. Among the various method of family planning available for an women, insertion of post partum IUCD appears appealing for several reasons: commencement of ovulation is unpredictable after delivery, women wish to avoid pregnancy ,but still may not be using any form of contraception, delivery may be only time when a healthy women comes in contact with health care providers, women is likely to be highly motivated for accepting contraception during post partum, long term and reversible method, newer understanding about IUCD in terms of acceptability ,low expulsion when inserted by proper technique ,cost effectiveness , safety and feasibility of inserting immediately after child birth Keeping in mind all of the above, present study undertaken .AIM: To assess the knowledge regarding the use of PPIUCD) as a method of contraception among postnatal women the selected female hospital in, Dehradun. DESIGN : Non-experimental descriptive survey design was used for sample selection. SETTING: Doon female hospital at Dehradun. Participants 100 postnatal women fulfill the inclusion and exclusion criteria selected by purposive sampling technique for the study. METHODS: Data was collected by two tools section 1) demographic variables of the participants, 2) structured self- reported knowledge Questionnaire. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: On analysis, the study revealed that 49% subjects had average knowledge followed by 46% having poor knowledge and only 5% were having good knowledge regarding PPIUCD . The overall mean of knowledge of postnatal women is 10.28 having mean percentage 38.07%. Out of the thirteen demographic variables selected for the study only seven is found to be significantly associated with the knowledge level of postnatal women. The chi square testing shows that there is significant association between the knowledge and Duration of marriage, age of youngest child, type of family, occupation of respondent, education of respondent and education of husband. Through chi square testing, there is no significant association between the knowledge of postnatal women and age, religion, age of getting married, Income, occupation of husband, Living locality, Source of information. After conducting the pilot study result shows that there were significant association between knowledge and selected demographic variables. CONCLUSION: The finding of the study revealed that the respondent had average knowledge regarding PPIUCD, the overall mean of knowledge is 10.28 having mean percentage is 38.07%. and concluded that the demographic variables such as knowledge and duration of marriage, age of youngest child, type of family, occupation of respondent, education of respondent and education of husband there is significant association between the knowledge and there is no significant association between the knowledge of postnatal women and age, religion, age of getting married, Income, occupation of husband, Living locality, Source of information.

Contraception, PPIUCD, Postnatal women.

"A study to assess the knowledge regarding the use of PPIUCD (Post partum intra uterine device) as a method of contraception among postnatal womens admitted in Doon Female Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.b169-b174, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206122.pdf

"A study to assess the knowledge regarding the use of PPIUCD (Post partum intra uterine device) as a method of contraception among postnatal womens admitted in Doon Female Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppb169-b174, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206122.pdf