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Objectives: The present study was conducted to assess the awareness and attitude regarding prenatal sex determination and Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic techniques Act among pregnant women. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried at tertiary care teaching hospitals of Kasturba Medical College in Mangalore among 132 pregnant women. Data was collected using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire and was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS) version 11.5 and results were expressed in percentages. Results: The study included 132 participants and the mean age of study subjects was around 27 y. Majority of the study subjects (91.7%) knew that prenatal sex determination was possible. Three fourth (74.4%) of the participants prenatal sex determination was a punishable offence. One of the participants was ready to terminate pregnancy if sex of the fetus was revealed to be female before second trimester. Majority of participants (67.4%) were willing to educate people about PCPNDT act and motivate them against sex determination and sex selective abortions. Conclusion: Our study showed that higher proportion of participants knew about the prenatal sex determination and it was a punishable offence, still majority of them preferred to know the sex of unborn child which shows the need to implement the act effectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-11 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01-10-2014 |
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Awareness and attitudes regarding prenatal sex determination, pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques act (PCPNDTA) among pregnant women in South India. / Kumar, Nithin; Darshan, B. B.; Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran; Kanchan, Tanuj; Thapar, Rekha; Mithra, Prasanna; Kulkarni, Vaman; Holla, Ramesh.
In: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol. 8, No. 10, 01.10.2014, p. 9-11.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Awareness and attitudes regarding prenatal sex determination, pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques act (PCPNDTA) among pregnant women in South India
AU - Kumar, Nithin
AU - Darshan, B. B.
AU - Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran
AU - Kanchan, Tanuj
AU - Thapar, Rekha
AU - Mithra, Prasanna
AU - Kulkarni, Vaman
AU - Holla, Ramesh
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - Objectives: The present study was conducted to assess the awareness and attitude regarding prenatal sex determination and Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic techniques Act among pregnant women. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried at tertiary care teaching hospitals of Kasturba Medical College in Mangalore among 132 pregnant women. Data was collected using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire and was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS) version 11.5 and results were expressed in percentages. Results: The study included 132 participants and the mean age of study subjects was around 27 y. Majority of the study subjects (91.7%) knew that prenatal sex determination was possible. Three fourth (74.4%) of the participants prenatal sex determination was a punishable offence. One of the participants was ready to terminate pregnancy if sex of the fetus was revealed to be female before second trimester. Majority of participants (67.4%) were willing to educate people about PCPNDT act and motivate them against sex determination and sex selective abortions. Conclusion: Our study showed that higher proportion of participants knew about the prenatal sex determination and it was a punishable offence, still majority of them preferred to know the sex of unborn child which shows the need to implement the act effectively.
AB - Objectives: The present study was conducted to assess the awareness and attitude regarding prenatal sex determination and Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic techniques Act among pregnant women. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried at tertiary care teaching hospitals of Kasturba Medical College in Mangalore among 132 pregnant women. Data was collected using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire and was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS) version 11.5 and results were expressed in percentages. Results: The study included 132 participants and the mean age of study subjects was around 27 y. Majority of the study subjects (91.7%) knew that prenatal sex determination was possible. Three fourth (74.4%) of the participants prenatal sex determination was a punishable offence. One of the participants was ready to terminate pregnancy if sex of the fetus was revealed to be female before second trimester. Majority of participants (67.4%) were willing to educate people about PCPNDT act and motivate them against sex determination and sex selective abortions. Conclusion: Our study showed that higher proportion of participants knew about the prenatal sex determination and it was a punishable offence, still majority of them preferred to know the sex of unborn child which shows the need to implement the act effectively.
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U2 - 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9789.5033
DO - 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9789.5033
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VL - 8
SP - 9
EP - 11
JO - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
JF - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
SN - 2249-782X
IS - 10
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