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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Demand for family planning advice among patients in a district maternity

hospital.

AUTHORS

Brennan ME; Opit LJ

SOURCE

British Medical Journal Suppl. 3(5874): 19-21. August 4, 1973.

ABSTRACT

This study reports the contraceptive requirements of inpatients at the Walsgrave Maternity Hospital in Coventry. Out

of 1079 women interviewed after childbirth to ascertain their needs for family planning advice, 14% declared their

pregnancies as unwanted, while only 26% admitted receiving contraceptive advice from professionally qualifie d

persons. 80% of all patients wanted additional professional advice, and 47% wanted advice from the general

practitioner's surgery. The study showed the importance of the general-practitioner service, since the family doctor

emerged as the source of advice wanted by almost half of the patients interviewed. The pattern of demand

suggested that general-practitioner family planning services should be strengthened in all areas, and community

services should be established particularly in working-class areas. Administration should be the responsibility of the

area medical administrator and community physicians. All postnatal or postabortal patients should be routinely

offered an appointment with the family planning service at a choice of locations (general practice, maternal or child

welfare clinics, and special family planning clinics). (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 516-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Demand for family planning advice among patients in a

district maternity hospital.", is(are) Brennan ME; Opit LJ. The source of this article is "British Medical Journal

Suppl. 3(5874): 19-21. August 4, 1973.". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT8T 516-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35516

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