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YEAR: 1983

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Natural family planning. [Planificacion familiar natural.]

AUTHORS

Rodriguez R

SOURCE

Revista de Enfermeria. 1983 Oct;6(62):12-9.

ABSTRACT

This discussion of natural family planning (NFP) examines the history of natural techniques of family planning and

the recent resurgence of interest in them, briefly describes and differentiates between the available techniques,

discusses problems of evalation of NFP techniques, and examines acceptance of such techniques in different areas

and cultural groups. The majority of users of NFP techniques choose them for religious or moral reasons, and often

view them as methods of achieving goals other than contraception such as conjugal harmony or feelings of

autonomy. The NFP techniques all depend on 3 scientifically accepted assumptions: the egg is released about 14

days before ovulation, the egg survives about 24 hours, and sperm remain capable of fertilizing eggs for 48-72 hours.

The various methods all require estimation or recognition of the moment of ovulation. Besides calendar rhythm, the

basal body temperature, sympto-thermal, and cervical mucus or Billings methods have been developed. The

increased acceptance of NFP methods probably stems from their greater theoretical sophistication, their harmony

with the teachings of the Catholic church, and fear of medical side effects of more effective methods. Efforts of NFP

defenders to divide failures into various types and to exclude many of them for purposes of evaluation are misleading

because actual use-effectiveness rates are likely to be more realistic for most couples in practice. Even when NFP

methods are vigorously promoted in government family planning programs, acceptance is usually limited,

contradicting the argument of some NFP advocates that failure to promote the techniques is an important factor in

low acceptance rates. 1 Colombian program attracted only 1240 couples willing to participate after 20,000 home

visits and 372 conferences. Failure of the husband to cooperate appears to be a major drawback to acceptance and

success. Despite the widespread occurrence of lengthy postpartum abstinence in Africa, NFP methods are alien to

cultural norms and have attracted little interest. Because of the high costs of training both the program personnel

and the participating couples, NFP methods are usually more expensive than other contraceptive techniques.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT5T 2016-06)

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is(are) Rodriguez R. The source of this article is "Revista de Enfermeria. 1983 Oct;6(62):12-9.". This article was

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