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topics under category "Contraception
(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
issue in many cultures and religions, and although it is generally less
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Partnership for family planning services [letter] |
| WORLD HEALTH FORUM. 1998;19(3):300-1. |
| Family planning (FP) needs often go unaddressed in Pakistan because of inaccessibility of FP services and social |
| unacceptability based on religious grounds. A basic health unit near Rawalpindi succeeded in meeting the FP |
| needs of nearly 10,000 rural inhabitants by collaborating with an urban nongovernmental organization, the Behbud |
| Association of Pakistan. The association provided the health unit with condoms, oral contraceptives, and |
| contraceptive injectables on a regular basis. It paid a monthly stipend to the unit's trained birth attendant to motivate |
| clients and for expenses incurred when women were escorted to the city once a month to undergo tubal ligation or |
| IUD insertion. Tubal ligation was followed by a home visit by two female health visitors from the Behbud |
| Association. Health unit staff attended training workshops conducted by the Association. The medical officer of the |
| health unit established a health committee composed of village elders, religious leaders, and other community |
| leaders; program objectives and the close relationship between maternal and child health and birth spacing were |
| discussed at the meetings of the committee. Although FP is still controversial in traditional society, the meetings |
| resolved misgivings and removed opposition to the program. The committee also recruited satisfied clients to |
| motivate others and ensured the support of men. The female health visitor, the trained birth attendant, and the |
| medical officer aided women in the choice of an appropriate contraceptive, instructed them in its proper use, and |
| provided follow-up counseling to ensure continuity. The collaborative partnership greatly increased the contraceptive |
| utilization rate; clients knew that visiting the health center could meet their FP needs on a regular basis without |
| revealing their goal. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 25-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Partnership for family planning services [letter]", is(are) |
| Bhandari U. The source of this article is "WORLD HEALTH FORUM. 1998;19(3):300-1.". This article was published in |
| 1998 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 25-06. All rights reserved with |
| PubHealth.info) PIN: 5025 |
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