Health Aspects of Family Planning
INDEXCONTENTS Introduction........................... 1. The scope of family planning activities ............. 1.1 Birth control ...................... 1.2 Infertility........................ 1.3 Education for parenthood ................ 1.4 Education about sexuality ................ 1.5 Other activities ..................... 2. The impact of family planning on health.......... 2.1 Unwanted pregnancies.................. 2.2 Number of pregnancies and births............. 2.3 Spacing......................... 2.4 Timing......................... 2.5 Genetic effects...................... 2.6 Direct effects on health.................. 2.7 Methodological considerations in assessing the impact on health . 3. Provision of family planning care in the context of health services . 3.1 The phases of family planning care............ 3.2 Combination of family planning and other health activities . 3.3 Personnel........................ 3.4 Settings for family planning activities ........... 3.5 Evaluation of family planning activities .......... 4. Methodological approaches to assessing the health aspects of family planning........................... 4.1 Introduction....................... 4.2 Explanation of terms used in the chart .......... 4.3 Examples of research approaches ............. 4.4 Problems in carrying out studies ............. 5. Recommendations ...................... 5.1 Impact of family planning on health ........... 5.2 Provision of family planning in health services....... 5.3 Methodology of evaluation and research..........
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