@ARTICLE{Sanagoo, author = {Sanagoo, Akram and Moosavi Khorshidi, Seyyedeh Zahra and Joybari, Leila and Chehrehgosha, Maryam and }, title = {Evaluation of Awareness, Attitude and Practice of Women Referring to Gorgan’s Health Centers about Contraceptive Methods in 2008}, volume = {9}, number = {1}, abstract ={  Background and Objective : One of the important factors for safe Parturition of women is considering the birth intervals. It seems that knowing about effective factor on behavior and action of people is good for health policy. Thus, we aimed at studying the knowledge, attitude and practice of married women, referring to Gorgan’s health centers in 2008, about contraception methods.   Material and Methods : We conducted this descriptive-analytic study on 275 married women, selected via convenience sampling, referring to six health centers in Gorgan. The Data was collected by a researcher-made questionnaire (α=0.8) including four parts of demographic, knowledge, attitude and practice, and analyzed by SPSS software, using descriptive statistics, correlation and Chi Square. Results: The main reported contraceptive methods are coitus interruptus (36.36%) and condoms (20.72%).­ There is significant relationship between knowledge and occupational status (P=0.011), knowledge and educational level­ (P }, URL = {http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-217-en.html}, eprint = {http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-217-en.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery}, doi = {}, year = {2012} }