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YEAR: 1968

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning service in a voluntary hospital.

AUTHORS

Klawans AH; Kilbourne HE; Mayer JC

SOURCE

Journal of Reproductive Medicine 1(5): 449-455. September-October 1968.

ABSTRACT

The family planning service begun in 1966 at Chicago's Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, which offer counseling and

contraceptives to anyone referred to the hospital, is described to show what a voluntary facility can accomplish using

private funding rather than government or foundation monies. Currently, 90% of the patients are indigent and Negro.

Each patient at the hospital receives 3 exposures to family planning counseling: 1) prenatal counseling, 2)

postpartum hospitalization, and 3) postpartum examination for selection of contraceptive method before leaving the

hospital. The 7 volunteers who assist the professional staff are considered the key to the program. They are fully

trained in family planning information and must have a good rapport with the patient. They also must be able to work

well as part of the regular hospital staff. The program has prepared its own manual for its patients written in a less

sophisticated style than other booklets currently available. Once the patient is started on a contraceptive, she is

carefully followed-up by the staff. The program also serves as an excellent educational program in family planning

for the medical students and nurses at the hospital. The success of the program is directly credited to the honest

approach of the volunteers. 50% of the eligible patients chose to participate in the program, with a dropout rate of

only 16%. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT9T 1044-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning service in a voluntary hospital.", is(are)

Klawans AH; Kilbourne HE; Mayer JC. The source of this article is "Journal of Reproductive Medicine 1(5): 449-455.

September-October 1968.". This article was published in 1968 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document

ID: CONT9T 1044-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 41044

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