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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The events in which community members participate in the family planning

program.

AUTHORS

Hamijoyo SS; Chauls D

SOURCE

Jakarta, Indonesia, National Family Planning Coordinating Board [BKKBN],

International Training Program, 1993. vi, 26 p.

ABSTRACT

This brochure is one of three produced on community participation in family planning programs in Indonesia. This

brochure is distinguished by its focus on villagers' perspectives. There were overlaps in information in all three

brochures. It is recommended that the last brochure on why community participation succeeds be read last and be

understood as having tentative findings. This brochure provides chapters on village family planning events, the

"posyandu" or village post providing integrated services, face-to-face motivation of eligible couples, meetings among

volunteers and between field workers and volunteers, support activities, and other family welfare activities. When

family planning was first established in Indonesia, villagers received an occasional visit from family planning

workers. Now there are events, which occur in every village. Villagers prepare the events in conjunction with local

volunteers, neighbors, and sometimes with outsiders. All village participation is voluntary. Most villagers participate

in some way. Two volunteer types are identified. The "kaders" are more organized and are selected on their

leadership potential. Other volunteers are not part of the formal volunteer structure. Events occur either monthly on a

regular basis or occasionally and irregularly. Events can be highly visible or less so. All events affect villager's

perception of the family planning program. Regular events include meetings among acceptor groups, field workers

and volunteers, management, persons in the family welfare movement, youth groups, media study groups that

discuss development issues, and persons responsible for village coordination. Irregular activities include the

following: Elco registration and mapping, intensification days, speeches, local advertising, school population

education, Koran reading, pre-marital counseling, and rewards. In 1979, the integrated program added an income

generation program, which provided loans to acceptor groups, and a child development program, which trained

village mothers in child rearing skills. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 20-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The events in which community members participate in the

family planning program.", is(are) Hamijoyo SS; Chauls D. The source of this article is "Jakarta, Indonesia,

National Family Planning Coordinating Board [BKKBN], International Training Program, 1993. vi, 26 p.". This article

was published in 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 20-06. All rights reserved

with PubHealth.info) PIN: 10020

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