International Journal of Academic Scientific Research ISSN: 2272-6446 Volume 4, Issue 1 (February - March 2016), PP 82-92 www.ijasrjournal.org www.ijasrjournal.org 82 | Page Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Family Planning among Saudi Female Teachers in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah City, Saudi Arabia Mashael Mohammad Alharbi, Mashael Safran Alharbi, Alanood Alnazzawi, Raghad Albasri, Maha Al Towairqi, Sumaya Shaikh, Wejdan Alamri, Amal Almohammadi, Dareen Aljohanie, Ayat Abdallah College of Medicine, Taibah University, KSA. ABSTRACT Back ground: Changes in Saudi Arabian community especially in woman education mace them more aware about fertility, family planning and contraceptive use. This study aims to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards family planning among female teachers in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah city in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross sectional study has been conducted over a cluster sample of Saudi female teacher in governmental schools in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah city, where a structured questionnaire covering research objectives was developed and distributed over participants. Results: This study has been conducted over 300 female teachers, 59.7% were of age group ranging from 36 – 45 years old. One hundred and nineteen teachers were having no or less than 4 children, while 181 were having 4 or more children. Significant differences (p<0.05) have been found between those having no or less than 4 children and those having 4 or more children regarding age, marital status, educational level, perceived socioeconomic standard, knowledge of the presence of contraception, and thought that long term use of contraceptive pills could cause sterility. Only one third or less of participants answered correctly over questions related contraception and contraceptive methods, 63.7% reported need for more health education regarding contraceptives, and 46.6% of preferred health centers as source of information. The majority tended to perform family planning (88%), 76.3% reported current use of contraceptives, and 43% reported side effects to used contraceptive method. Conclusion: This study results revealed limited knowledge of contraceptive methods, high intention to use contraceptives, and average use of contraceptives among studied population. INTRODUCTION One of the characteristic features of Saudi Arabian population is their desire to form large families. They have much higher birth rate and total fertility rate relative to those of developed countries, however certainly these rates are markedly decrease and Saudi families become smaller (1). The rapid overall change in the socio-demographic pattern of the Saudi Arabian community, especially the changes concerned with women’s education and work is important factor in changing fertility beliefs and behaviors with more tendencies to birth spacing and, consequently, the use of the contraceptives (1).