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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
controversial than abortion specifically. |
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Final report: Project for Contraception Information and Services in Kananga, |
| November 1987 - December 1990. [Rapport final: Projet pour Services et |
| Information sur la Contraception a Kananga, Novembre 1987 - Decembre 1990.] |
| Ayowa OB; Brown JE; Brown RC |
| [Unpublished] [1991]. 24 p. |
| In 1987 the Christian Medical Institute of Kasai (IMCK) initiated a project to make modern contraceptives truly |
| available to the population of Kananga, a Zairian city of some 300,000. Despite a limited availability of family |
| planning services provided by the IMCK since the 1970s and a national family planning project that began work in |
| Kananga in the 1980s, a 1987 survey found that only 4.1% of women in union in Kananga used a contraceptive |
| method. The same survey demonstrated that 99% of women knew of at least 1 modern method, and the average |
| women knew 4. The IMCK project hoped to raise the rate of contraceptive prevalence to 15% in 3 years through clinic |
| activities, social marketing, and information provision. During the project, 9 new family planning centers began |
| functioning in addition to the 2 existing IMCK centers. Experienced full-time nurses provided 2 weeks of on-the-job |
| training in existing facilities for the new family planning nurses and subsequently provided supervision and |
| continuing education. The number of follow-up visits increased from 446 before the project to 5823 in 1990. In |
| 1990, 44% of new clients chose pills, 24% condoms, 12% injectables, 10% vaginal foam, 8% Norplant, 2% tubal |
| ligation, and 1% IUD. A 2nd project strategy was to make contraceptives available outside of medical facilities. By |
| late 1990, the social marketing program made condoms, vaginal tablets, and an oral contraceptive available in 40 |
| pharmacies in Kananga. It was estimated that in 1990 the clinical program provided 41,720 and the social marketing |
| program 13,017 couple months of protection. The IMCK information team included 3 full-time members and 2 part- |
| time workers. 491 meetings and seminars were held with secondary school students, out-of-school youth, and adults |
| aged 25 or over from mid-1988 to the end of 1990. 3 family planning nurses and 5 part-time motivators gave almost |
| 2000 talks in preschool consultations, in waiting rooms and in maternity wards over the 30 months. A 30-minute |
| weekly ratio show and various posters and brochures were also produced. A contraceptive prevalence survey in late |
| 1990 indicated that 17.4% of women in union used a modern contraceptive method. Among the 968 women in ion |
| aged 13-49 surveyed, 6.4% used pills, 4.4% condoms, 3.8% tubal ligation, 1.4% injections, .7% Norplant, .5% IUDs, |
| and .2% vaginal foam. Factors in the success of the IMCK project were its status as a nongovernmental organization |
| and its good relations with various governmental and private organizations, its concentration on the narrow and |
| specific goal of making contraceptives available, its careful recruitment and supervision of personnel, and its well- |
| planned training, transportation, and distribution systems. High quality services were provided, messages for target |
| groups were specific, and the project was very sensitive to local preoccupations. (PubHealth.info Document ID: |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Final report: Project for Contraception Information and |
| Services in Kananga, November 1987 - December 1990. [Rapport final: Projet pour Services et Information sur la |
| Contraception a Kananga, Novembre 1987 - Decembre 1990.]", is(are) Ayowa OB; Brown JE; Brown RC. The |
| source of this article is "[Unpublished] [1991]. 24 p.". This article was published in 1991 in French language(s). |
| (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2521-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12521 |
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