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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Promote more civil-minded and happier families. Urban family planning

programme.

AUTHORS

SOURCE

CHINA POPULATION TODAY. 1997 Feb;14(1):10-1.

ABSTRACT

This article briefly describes findings from a community survey that was conducted in Gulou District of Nanjing City,

China, during 1995 and the changes that were made in the family planning program. The Gulou District includes a

population of about 460,000 people living in 154 residential communities in 10 subdistricts. The family planning

program was successful over the past 10 years in maintaining the birth rate at about 7/1000. In 1995 the district

government upgraded the family planning program by initiating the Program for Promoting More Civil-Minded and

Happier Families. The sample survey included about 2000 households in two communities. Findings indicate that

there was a need for multiple kinds of services, such as better contraceptive methods, better gynecological

examinations, counseling on sex and reproductive health care, the working conditions among household help, and

services for school-age children. Over 90% of newly married couples completed the required population classes in

1995. Over 6000 persons received counseling and treatment. Over 500 pregnant women received prenatal fetal

counseling. 988 families were honored for their accomplishments in the Program. The Program required that

families adopt a contraceptive method of their choice, defer marriage and childbearing, provide a better education for

their children, and have fewer but healthier babies. Couples of reproductive age should receive premarital

examinations, education, and counseling concerning healthier births. Families should have happy members in good

physical and mental health and should work hard to improve their standard of living. Family members should fulfill

their civic responsibility to uphold the laws and social order. Families should accept social norms such as respect

for the elderly, love for the young, help among neighbors, and family harmony. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T

1011-06)

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family planning programme.", is(are) . The source of this article is "CHINA POPULATION TODAY. 1997

Feb;14(1):10-1.". This article was published in 1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

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