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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Demographic-social and family planning aspects of surgical contraception:

focus on countries other than U.S., Puerto Rico and India.

AUTHORS

Nortman D

SOURCE

Paper presented to the Workshop, Research on Behavioral Aspects of Surgical

Contraception, Bethesda, Maryland, June 18-19, 1973. 17 p

ABSTRACT

With the exception of Africa, knowledge of contraceptive sterilization is widespread throughout the world. In

developed countries surgical sterilization is not only well-known, but is also gaining widespread acceptance for

reasons of concern about overpopulation and the environment. Despite their limitations, data from KAP surveys

suggest an enormous potential demand for an acceptable, permanent contraceptive method in the developing as

well as in the developed world. Data on sterilization is usually lacking in countries where contraception is

widespread and practiced largely through the private sector of the economy. Developing countries with government

supported family planning programs do try to keep a count of acceptors of all methods including sterilization. 2

tables giving such data for 12 countries and territories are included (Bangladesh, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, West

Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Nepal, and Tunisia). Bangladesh and India rely

heavily on sterilization, mostly vasectomies, because of disappointment with IUDs. The programs in Singapore and

Fiji are also strongly oriented toward sterilization. The remaining 38 developing countries that have programs do not

offer sterilization. Largely because of religious opposition, sterilization is not a program feature in Latin America but

survey data indicate that it is widely known and often performed by private doctors. A guess of worldwide prevalence

of sterilized couples of fertile ages would be approximatley 10%. Religious factors do enter into decisions on

acceptance, though of the major world religions only Roman Catholicism is unambiguously opposed to the

procedure. Legal and administrative barriers are also present and operate more directly on acceptance. In 15 of the

27 countries of the European Region of IPPF, restrictions, some meaningful and some arbitrary, are imposed on

availability. In the developing world, it may be that demand greatly exceeds supply of trained personnel and

appropriate facilities. As to demographic impact, though the method can be regarded as almost 100% effective the

number and timing of births averted is a matter for speculation. In societies where birth control is effectively

practiced, the impact of a switch to sterilization will be small; the opposite would be true in societies not practicing

birth control provided there are large numbers of young acceptors. Research into the relation between sterilization

and other methods of contraception needs to be done. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 519-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Demographic-social and family planning aspects of

surgical contraception: focus on countries other than U.S., Puerto Rico and India.", is(are) Nortman D. The source

of this article is "Paper presented to the Workshop, Research on Behavioral Aspects of Surgical Contraception,

Bethesda, Maryland, June 18-19, 1973. 17 p". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 519-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35519

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