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(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
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Men targeted for family planning in Zambia. |
| NETWORK. 1992 Aug;13(1):16-7. |
| 80% of women using contraception in Zambia use oral contraceptives (OCs), yet they often complain about side |
| effects. 66% of people polled at family planning (FP) clinics prefer OCs and 30% chose condoms. Nevertheless only |
| 10% of the 60% of married couples familiar with FP use contraception. This contributes to Zambia having 1 of the |
| highest annual population growth rates in the world (3.4%). The Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) |
| thinks that if males become more knowledgeable about FP, the population growth would slow down. At least 60% of |
| men in Zambia approve of their wives using FP, yet they are slow to use male contraception. They say condoms |
| reduce sensation and wives often consider condoms a nuisance. The AIDS epidemic forces men to rethink their |
| views toward condom use, however. Those 30% of men who do use condoms are more likely to use them with their |
| girlfriends or women with whom they are unfamiliar. So they are not using them for FP purposes. Men fear vasectomy |
| because they perceive it to cause impotence. Considerable education to counter this myth is needed to increase |
| the number of vasectomies. Besides some men prefer their wives be sterilized rather than themselves because if the |
| men lose all their children they can have other children with other wives. PPAZ aims programs at men in order to |
| expand their participation and nurture their influence in FP matters. It has a male counseling program serving rural |
| villages along the railroad lines which begin in the northern copper belt and end in urban areas in the south to |
| promote birth spacing. It is working with companies to include FP services in their clinics so men can learn more |
| about FP. FP specialists in Zambia foresee an increase in male support of FP as they realize the difficulty of |
| supporting large families during the economic crises. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1550-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Men targeted for family planning in Zambia.", is(are) |
| Chirambo K. The source of this article is "NETWORK. 1992 Aug;13(1):16-7.". This article was published in 1992 in |
| English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 1550-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: |
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