The rural health worker as a family planning provider: a village trial in Iran
Zeighami, E.; Zeighami, B.; Javidian, I.; Zimmer, S.
Studies in Family Planning 8(7): 184-187
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-3665 PMID: 877986 DOI: 10.2307/1965755Document Number: 500903
The impact of the Kavar Village Health Worker Project on contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practice was studied 14 months after health workers were employed in this pilot project in rural Iran. Results showed that knowledge and use of the pill were significantly higher in the project villages than in control villages, where the pill was supplied by a non-resident rural midwife: 28% of married women of reproductive age were using the pill in project villages compared with 15% in control villages. The sex of health workers did not appear to affect the proportion of pill users or length of use. Attitudes toward contraceptive use, however, did not vary significantly between project and control villages.