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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning: an education program for adults.

AUTHORS

Quddus MA

SOURCE

In: Hossain T, Ahmed JU, Khan NI, eds. Proceedings of the Seminar on Family

Planning, November 21-25, 1972. Dacca, Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and

Family Planning, 1973. :597-601.

ABSTRACT

Family planning must be a concern, particularly for married and fertile adult couples, and thus people must be

educated to adopt family planning. The hardest target group to deal with are the illiterates since they are conservative

and have fixed ideas. It is necessary to have institutions where the values and techniques of planned parenthood

can be taught; however few such institutions exist in rural areas. A pilot project in education is being conducted in 8

thanas and 1200 adult education centers in order to establish functional literacy, economic development, and

planned family life. Female teachers are used in the distribution of necessaries and they have proven to be better

agents for the dissemination of new ideas and information. A mass education scheme to eradicate illiteracy from

the country within 5-10 years is to be started soon. It is likely that adult education centers and teachers will help

accelerate the people's consciousness about family planning. The target group will be ages 15-45. Bangladesh is

facing problems which require immediate attention: an acute food shortage, 80% illiteracy, and a population

explosion. To handle these there should be 1 integrated program with a well-knit organizational structure comprising

the state-village level. The overall education program should be financed jointly by the departments of education,

agriculture, and health. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 81-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning: an education program for adults.", is(are)

Quddus MA. The source of this article is "In: Hossain T, Ahmed JU, Khan NI, eds. Proceedings of the Seminar on

Family Planning, November 21-25, 1972. Dacca, Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and Family Planning, 1973. :597-

601.". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 81-06. All

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