Health Aspects of Family Planning

Book : Health Aspects of Family Planning

Language : English

Library : Population

Publish Place : Geneva

Volume : 442

Publish Date : 00 1970

Publisher : World Health Organization WHO

Book Type : Report

Book Number : 3418

INDEX


CONTENTS
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..........