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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Final report: Using Photonovels to Promote Family Planning Awareness,

Project AF-NGA-16.

AUTHORS

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Center for Communication Programs.

Population Communication Services [PCS]; Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Health.

Family Health Services Project. IEC Division

SOURCE

[Unpublished] [1991]. 7 p.

ABSTRACT

Leventis and Company, a large retail outlet in Nigeria, developed a photonovel to educate employees in its 14

department stores about family planning prior to marketing condoms and foaming tablets. The models featured in

the photonovel were Leventis employees and the storyline addressed concerns about family planning identified by

formative research. Four messages were emphasized: 1) family planning helps a couple choose the number of

children to have and the time to have them; 2) child spacing is a traditional Nigerian concept, but modern, effective

contraceptives are available; 3) men and women are both responsible for family planning; and 4) condoms and

foaming tablets, both simple to use, are available at Leventis stores. 2500 photonovels were distributed to

employees along with a questionnaire to assess its impact. 32% of respondents indicated they had learned more

about birth control and child spacing from the photonovel. Support for family planning among employees increased

from 71% prior to reading the material to 89%. Leventis plans to organize family planning seminars for store

managers, supervisors, and sales staff as well as to continue to distribute the photonovel to new employees.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2523-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Final report: Using Photonovels to Promote Family

Planning Awareness, Project AF-NGA-16.", is(are) Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Center for

Communication Programs. Population Communication Services [PCS]; Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Health. Family

Health Services Project. IEC Division. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] [1991]. 7 p.". This article was

published in 1991 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2523-06. All rights reserved with

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