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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning study: Vol. 1. Executive summary.

AUTHORS

National Analysts

SOURCE

Report prepared for the Office of Economic Opportunity, June 1973. Report No.

OEO-LN-1416. 57 p.

ABSTRACT

This evaluation of federally-funded family planning programs includes data from the following areas: 1)a sample of

patients enrolled in 31 projects in 7 diverse areas throughout the U.S.; 2)Harlem and the Lower Bronx areas of New

York City; and 3)cost-accounting data from 45 projects. It was hoped to determine the impact of the federally-

sponsored family planning programs in low income areas using several criteria and measurements. Patient

satisfaction was generally favorable. Patients were less vulnerable to the risk of unwanted pregnancy after

enrollment in the progrma than before. Projects replaced drugstores as the source of supply for foam and the pill, but

drugstores remained the major source of supply for jelly, condoms, and the douche. There are a few demographic or

attitudinal differences between project drop-outs and continuers. A slightly higher proportion of blacks and lower

proportion of whites continued. Continuers were more likely ot be poor. No differences were found as to desired

family size, knowledge of methods, association of family planning with race genocide, or perceived peer attitude

toward clinic attendance. Total cost per patient and outreach spending were positively correlated with continuance

at the project. Project size had no influence on continuity. Projects with high spending for outreach activities were

cited more often as the source of information about themselves. It is recommended that hard-core resistors to family

planning be identified, their reasons for resisting be ascertained, and means to motivate them be sought.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 66-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning study: Vol. 1. Executive summary.", is(are)

National Analysts. The source of this article is "Report prepared for the Office of Economic Opportunity, June 1973.

Report No. OEO-LN-1416. 57 p.". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

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