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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Educational approach: information education in family planning.

AUTHORS

Ahmad W

SOURCE

In: International Conference on Population Planning for National Welfare and

Development, Lahore, Pakistan, Sept. 1973 [proceedings]. Lahore, Family

Planning Association of Pakistan, 1973? :245-51.

ABSTRACT

Argues for the importance of an educational approach to family planning, which often gets overlooked on the

assumption that a demand for services already exists and only needs to be met with appropriate supplies. Although

many surveys indicate that people find out about family planning from neighbors or relatives, the gap between

knowledge and practice indicates that this form of information is insufficient for motivation. A program involving

professionally educated women in communicating family planning information has been developed in Pakistan, and

a large scale system deploying home visiting aides has been launched experimentally. 2 workers are used per 1000

couples as identified in house-to-house surveys. At least 15 families are contacted each day, with every target

couple visited at least once every 3 months. Follow-up and after care is emphasized. There is continuous training of

workers. Pills, condoms, and foam are sold by the workers, and a paramedic is available for IUD insertions. A

longitudinal history of every target couple is kept, and reports of prevented births are carefully checked by objective

observes. The relative merits of approaching family planning communications through economic and ecological

relationships are briefly discussed, and the importance of involving the community and the family is noted.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 561-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Educational approach: information education in family

planning.", is(are) Ahmad W. The source of this article is "In: International Conference on Population Planning for

National Welfare and Development, Lahore, Pakistan, Sept. 1973 [proceedings]. Lahore, Family Planning

Association of Pakistan, 1973? :245-51.". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 561-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35561

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