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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning technician: training and role of a new professional.

AUTHORS

Cox K; Schiner W

SOURCE

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing 2: 52-56. July/August

ABSTRACT

For the past 2 years, staff at Kapiolani Hospital in Hawaii have been developing a comprehensive family planning

service for patients. In 1971 4 women were hired and trained as family planning technicians whose role was to make

the family planning program visible, provide specific information, and assist the patient in utilizing available

services. Individuals were hired not on the basis of specific skills, but because they showed promise of fulfilling this

role. During a 2-week intensive training period, classes in reproductive anatomy, physiology, and methods of

contraception, were combined with discussions on abortion and sexual behavior and training in birth control

instruction techniques. The technicians were directly responsible to the project nurse who provided them with

information, supervision, and moral support early in the program. They also began inservice education in other

areas, such as breastfeeding. They provide each patient with general information on contraceptive methods

available, answer her questions, and instruct her in the use of the method she prefers. As the program has

developed, the technicians have become more than birth control instructors, since they can assist doctors in the

clinic, complete followup data on patients, provide information over the telephone, conduct surveys, assist in the

development of educational materials and provide input for program planning. The technicians are competent,

motivated, and effective professionals and a key to the success of a hospital-based family planning program.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 69-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning technician: training and role of a new

professional.", is(are) Cox K; Schiner W. The source of this article is "Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and

Neonatal Nursing 2: 52-56. July/August 1973.". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 69-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35069

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