Family planning: a database

Abstract

Objective: To describe the reproductive, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of women aged 15-49 years, from team 023 at the Health Unity Laurides Lima Milhomem. Methods: Documental with quantitativedescriptive approach, the population was composed by 1132 women and the sample by 207, with questionnaire application after search database in health records. Results: From 68,6% of women aged between 26 to 40 years, 86.5% have an official partner, 48,5% with more than two children, and an acceptable birth interval. 38,5% hadn't intended the pregnancies, but 88,5% had desired it. 61,9% knew about family planning, but 43,0% used this tool. The most cited method was oral contraceptive. 62,2% of the partners have never participated in the family planning. Conclusions: Improving the family planning strategy whose information passed on to the community are not sufficient for the use of contraception and therefore avoid the high levels of unplanned pregnancy.