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(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Youth and family planning. |
| Economic Trends 3(24): 5-7. September 16, 1974. |
| The youth culture in India is a new phenomenon and youth power is asserted sporadically and is generally confined |
| to small issues. This is because few young people are educated; most are barely literate or have gone just through |
| primary school. Youth are not involved in family planning, also, because the entire program is administration |
| oriented. Young people will not act in a positive manner toward family planning unless education is extended until |
| no Indian below age 24 is merely a literate but is capable of understanding matters of personal interest in a |
| somewhat wider context and until every young man can look forward to a future in which he feels he has a stake. In |
| 1968-69 only 22% of the population aged 14-18 received secondary education and only 2.9% of those aged 17-23 |
| received universtiy education. The figures were 22% and 4.4% respectively in 1973-1974 and they will not change |
| significantly by 1978-1979. Education must be carried a long step forward if it is to reach the young girls who will be |
| bearing children in a few years. In 1968-1969 girls constituted 37% of the primary students, 27% of the middle |
| school students, and 22% of the higher secondary students. In 1973-1974 the figures were 39%, 30%, and 27% |
| respectively, and were expected to be up only a percentage point or 2 in the next 5 years. On the economic side the |
| deteriorating unemployment picture must be changed . The youth must have a chance for a stake in his life; this |
| also applies to the woman. The wife should have a say in the number of children the couple has. Better results can |
| be obtained by concentrating on educated youth with rural backgrounds who can carry the family planning message |
| back to the village. It is unreal to expect these young people to have an impact on their elders but they can influence |
| those in the same age group or younger. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 9-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Youth and family planning.", is(are) . The source of this |
| article is "Economic Trends 3(24): 5-7. September 16, 1974.". This article was published in 1974 in English |
| language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 9-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35009 |
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