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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning themes and slogans (first draft)

AUTHORS

Cort MB; Finnigan OD 3d

SOURCE

[Unpublished] [1973]. 22 p.

ABSTRACT

Countries with family planning programs usually adopt central themes to help promote acceptance or to gain support

for the general philosophy of the program. These themes frequently are transformed into short, catchy slogans which

are actually policy statements. A study of the various messages in use as of late 1971, and the thematic theme over

time, affords an overview of the main thrust of family planning programs. The data come from a questionnaire

mailed in 1971 to 23 developing countries requesting information on the themes and slogans of their family planning

programs. By early 1972, 20 countries had replied: Fiji, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, the

Philippines, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, Turkey, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Jamaica, Trinidad, Costa Rica,

and Colombia. Respondents were either government or private program administrators or, in a few cases, program

advisors. In 1971, 10 countries concentrated on repeating 1 or 2 slogans to give their programs concrete identity. 7

other countries used a variety of sayings to promote their family planning themes. Fiji relied on longer messages

rather than slogans, and Colombia and Morocco did not have any explicit themes or slogans. The statements used

in 1971 stressed a variety of themes. Most common (9 countries) was the assertion that the practice of family

planning increased the happiness of the family. The idea of reproductive freedom was the next most often cited

theme. Maternal and child health reasons for family planning were also very popular as was the broader concept of

child welfare. 5 countries used themes which carried a specific demographic statement. More than half the

countries surveyed used nonspecific slogans without reference to spacing or having few children. 5 of the countries

which responded had slogans which stated a definite number of children that couples should have. Only Korea and

Taiwan emphasized the 2-child family, but these countries developed this emphasis only gradually. Only a handful

of countries had reached the stage of calling for a 2- or 3-child family, but others appear to be following a trend which

might lead to such slogans. In a program operating under a strong policy intended to eventually stabilize population

size, the theme and resultant slogans could be expected to be more specific and correct than in a program with a

weak policy and no long range demographic goals. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 70-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning themes and slogans (first draft)", is(are)

Cort MB; Finnigan OD 3d. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] [1973]. 22 p.". This article was published in

1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 70-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info)

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