The User Perspective in Northern Thailand
A Series of Case Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10795292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Narujohn Iddhichiracharas (corresponding author), Pien Chiowanich, Stanley Zankel, John Rogosch |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 48 |
| Publication date | 1983-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1965402 |
| PMID | 6680593 |
| OpenAlex | W2313977330 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Comprehensive case histories were obtained from 37 rural Thai women to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence the behavior, perceptions, and attitudes of long term contraceptive users. As a group, the women had experimented with a wide range of contraceptive methods, and while many experienced side effects, there was a very high level of motivation to use and continue contraception. The government family planning delivery network appeared successful in making family planning services accessible, and health workers were often consulted. A potential health problem for some women stems from their continuous use of certain temporary family planning methods, such as the pill; they had been using them for more than 10 years and indicated their desire to continue until menopause. The subjects all live in Lampang province in varying levels of prosperity and accessibility to family planning and health centers. All but 1 woman began contraception with the pill with 58% continuing. 41% had changed their initial method. Reasons for using family planning included wanting no more children (39%), poverty (36%), desire for spacing children (20%), and not ready to have a family (5%). A majority discussed their decision with friends before going to obtain contraceptive methods, and went to government sources for this service. Place of service, cost of services, and attitudes toward childbirth, abortion, menstruation are also detailed. All feared abortion more than childbirth; 21 out of 37 respondents expressed no concerns with menstruation although for some work and religious attendance was affected by beliefs associated with menstruation
Abortion · Attendance · Childbirth · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Government (linguistics · Pill · Population · Poverty · Pregnancy · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2025 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |