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YEAR: 1974

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Ramifications of common problems and unmet needs of family planning agencies

in the Philippines.

AUTHORS

Somoso CU; Osorio ML

SOURCE

In: Rivera, R.P., Lopez, D.F., and Osorio, M.L., eds. Family planning in a

kaleidoscope: resource book for training in family planning. Manila, Family

Planning Organization of the Philippines, 1974. p. 52-64

ABSTRACT

The family planning program in the Philippines, after struggling for support and recognition in its early years, is now a

healthy, viable entity. There are, however, a number of common problems facing the program that deserve attention,

among them: 1) the existence of national laws favoring large families and a low legal age of marriage; 2) low priority

of family planning in the national budget; 3) reliance on scarece physicians instead of paramedics for IUD insertion

and pill prescriptions; 4) opposition of the Catholic Church to sterilization; 5) lack of professional expertise in use of

mass media and advertising; 6) overlapping of services and areas served by different agencies; 7) lack of expertise

in advanced contraceptive and sterilization techniques among medical personnel, as most physicians are general

practitioners who need more practical experience in family planning; 8) cumbersome recording and reporting

systems; 9) insufficient numbers of staff in fieldwork and full-time staff in private clinics; 10) need for revitalization of

family planning association managements including stronger leaders, more specific job descriptions, and better

training for middle supervisory/technical staff; 11) need of tighter inventory control of contraceptive supplies and

clinic facilities coupled with a decentralization of distribution centers and integration with the private sector for

distribution purposes; and 12) need for more motivati onal seminars for men and youths. The greatest unmet need

in the progra m is that for research and development. Some sociological aspects of family planning have been

researched and some KAP surveys carried out, b ut generally, staff is insufficient for research, development, and

evaluation. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3507-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Ramifications of common problems and unmet needs of

family planning agencies in the Philippines.", is(are) Somoso CU; Osorio ML. The source of this article is "In:

Rivera, R.P., Lopez, D.F., and Osorio, M.L., eds. Family planning in a kaleidoscope: resource book for training in

family planning. Manila, Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, 1974. p. 52-64". This article was published

in 1974 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3507-06. All rights reserved with

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