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CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND ITS EFFECT ON WOMEN’S HEALTH

Arifa Bibi, Ammara Mumtaz, Mahek Fatima

Women all over the world are choosing for fertility by choice not by chance. Contraceptive use has an immense effect on women's health. The capability to regulate and control fertility is a basic component of health, positively defined as a state of physical, mental and social well-being. Contraception is saving the lives of women around the world from the hazards of unwanted pregnancy. Optimal childbearing is also contributing to infant and child survival. Contraception has a complex relationship to sexually-transmitted diseases. Contraceptive safety is a major public health concern. The risk/benefit assessment will differ for different populations, for different individuals, and even for the same individual at different periods of life. The family planning movement started as a movement by women for women. Women's perspectives and women's concerns should guide the future of contraceptive research and development. From the experience of several years, in a relatively large local health department in Pakistan, this paper introduces a conceptual framework for community engagement in public health. It presents the Community Participation in the most common public health issues both traditional and emerging public health issues. It offers suggestions to help other local health departments enhance their own activities. Keywords: contraceptive, fertility, sexually-transmitted diseases, community engagement.

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