Aim of the study: The study aimed to assess women's knowledge, practices and attitude
regarding family planning. Setting: The study was conducted at Benha Medical Center for
Maternal and Child Health. Design: Descriptive study design. Sampling: A purposive sample
included 400 women were recruited in the current study. Tools: Two tools were used to collect
data, an interviewing questionnaire to collect data related to women's knowledge and practices
regarding family planning and Modified Likert scale was used to assess women's attitude
regarding family planning. Results: The present study revealed that, the majority of studied
women had inadequate knowledge regarding family planning, while the majority of them had
positive attitude regarding family planning. More than half of studied women had satisfactory
level of practices regarding current using method of family planning. Conclusion: There was a
highly positive correlation between studied women's knowledge and their practices of family
planning(p<0.001**). There was a significant negative correlation between studied women's
knowledge and their attitude regarding family planning(p=0.05*). Recommendations: Periodic
educational program for women to increase their knowledge and to improve their practices.
Counseling women about the importance of periodic follow up.