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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning: solving one program's problems.

AUTHORS

SOURCE

American Journal of Nursing 73: 1775. October 1973.

ABSTRACT

The Jackson County Family Planning Center (Illinois) opened in 1970 with a 1/2 time staff of nurse director, another

registered nurse, a secretary, and trained volunteers. A rural population of 35,000 along with students attending the

University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale and numerous other young temporary residents use the center's

services. Women desiring prescriptions for oral contraceptives and IUD insertions are referred either to physicians

who have been screened in terms of their willingness to serve single women seeking contraception or to the newly

created Carbondale Free Clinic. The latter service has eliminated the problem of physician overload and

additionally gives pati ents quicker service in an atmosphere that is more pleasant, accepting, and less judgmental.

The response to an educational program offered to medical, social, welfare, and other health agencies was poor. As

the use of the clinic has increased, the director's position became full time and more volunteers and graduate

students joined the staff. The se rvices of these volunteers who have contributed over 2300 hours has been

invaluable. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 85-06)

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1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 85-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info)

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