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Book Family Planning and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development  Data Booklet

Download or read book Family Planning and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Data Booklet written by United Nations Publications and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet is based on the Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2019, which includes estimates at the global, regional and country level of contraceptive prevalence, unmet need for family planning and SDG indicator 3.7.1 "Proportion of women who have their need for family planning satisfied by modern methods".

Book Community Communication Networks and Family Planning Behaviour

Download or read book Community Communication Networks and Family Planning Behaviour written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample survey reports from 8 villages in Malaysia, 8 villages in Korea, and 2 villages in India constitute this regional pilot study on the role of community communication networks (cliques) on the acceptance and continuance of family planning (FP). NEGOPY software was used in the analysis. The prototype questionnaire for ever-married men and ever-married women are included in the appendix. The convergence model of communication, which focuses on interrelationships (dyads and cliques) between individuals, subsystems, and systems, and the social network method on acceptance and continuance of family planning practice, were selected to overcome the deficiencies in atomistic and mechanistic models of communication. Several assumptions were made: 1. family planning communication is unique, 2. husband's and wives communication structures are different, 3. interconnectedness based on frequency of interaction is considered to be different from closeness structure, and 4. the number, size, and composition of cliques and individuals communication roles vary based on socio-economic characteristics and the number of users of family planning methods in cliques. The findings are ungeneralizable due to small sample size. In spite of methodological differences, some non-statistical evidence shows that family planning behavior is shaped by cliques. Some of the findings were that other members of a clique where there is maximum connectedness and persons using FP will also use FP, and the converse. Strong clique leadership influences FP and the selection of methods. When clique leaders act as a bridge, they exert more effective influence on other cliques. Young educated women tend to be bridges. There is a need to continue the work through the region on a theoretical and methodological level with some standardization of network concepts. NEGOPY needs to be replaced or made user friendly and accessible. Categorization of cliques, comparison of different cliques, valid generalization of communication roles, diffusion of information within and between cliques, and changes in formation and leadership in cliques require further analysis. Policy implications for long term strategy and service delivery involve the need to improve women's education. FP field staff in training or work settings need to focus on cliques and convergence models of communication, thus increasing individual contact and maximizing effectiveness.

Book Regional Annotated Bibliography of the Studies on Social  Psychological and Cultural Factors Affecting the Continuation and Discontinuation of Family Planning Practice

Download or read book Regional Annotated Bibliography of the Studies on Social Psychological and Cultural Factors Affecting the Continuation and Discontinuation of Family Planning Practice written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Review of the HHS Family Planning Program

Download or read book Review of the HHS Family Planning Program written by Adrienne Stith Butler and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Multivariate Areal Analysis of the Efficiency of Family Planning Programme and Its Impact on Fertility in Thailand

Download or read book Multivariate Areal Analysis of the Efficiency of Family Planning Programme and Its Impact on Fertility in Thailand written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As resources for family planning programs become more scarce, measurement of program efficiency is rapidly becoming one of the top priorities of family planning program evaluators. This study of Thailand is part of the continuing effort to evaluate the efficiency and impact of program inputs on family planning achievement and fertility. Analysis is restricted to 70 of Thailand's provinces as they existed from 1975-1979. Data falls into 4 categories: 1. data on government family planning inputs, 2. 1970 census data on the environmental or socioeconomic conditions, 3. data on family planning achievement that came fron the National Family Planning Program (NFPP) service statistics report for December 1978, and 4. 1980 census fertility data. Composite variables were created to improve sensitivity, correlation matrices were run to select the most important variables, and multiple regression and path analysis were used define the effects of the main independent variables on the dependent variables. The study concludes that: 1. Thailand's NFPP has an observable effect on family planning use which, in turn, has had a strong impact on reducing fertility. 2. This impact is the result of interaction between the modernization of the environment and the availability of health personnel and their services. Either factor alone has only a moderate effect on family planning use and fertility. However, when the 2 factors increase together in the same area, there is a marked impact on fertility after several years. These findings may enable the NFPP to define optimal amount of inputs for a given socioeconomic setting, resulting in more efficient use of decreasing resources.

Book The Best Intentions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Committee on Unintended Pregnancy
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 1995-06-16
  • ISBN : 0309556376
  • Pages : 393 pages

Download or read book The Best Intentions written by Committee on Unintended Pregnancy and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-06-16 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts estimate that nearly 60 percent of all U.S. pregnancies--and 81 percent of pregnancies among adolescents--are unintended. Yet the topic of preventing these unintended pregnancies has long been treated gingerly because of personal sensitivities and public controversies, especially the angry debate over abortion. Additionally, child welfare advocates long have overlooked the connection between pregnancy planning and the improved well-being of families and communities that results when children are wanted. Now, current issues--health care and welfare reform, and the new international focus on population--are drawing attention to the consequences of unintended pregnancy. In this climate The Best Intentions offers a timely exploration of family planning issues from a distinguished panel of experts. This committee sheds much-needed light on the questions and controversies surrounding unintended pregnancy. The book offers specific recommendations to put the United States on par with other developed nations in terms of contraceptive attitudes and policies, and it considers the effectiveness of over 20 pregnancy prevention programs. The Best Intentions explores problematic definitions--"unintended" versus "unwanted" versus "mistimed"--and presents data on pregnancy rates and trends. The book also summarizes the health and social consequences of unintended pregnancies, for both men and women, and for the children they bear. Why does unintended pregnancy occur? In discussions of "reasons behind the rates," the book examines Americans' ambivalence about sexuality and the many other social, cultural, religious, and economic factors that affect our approach to contraception. The committee explores the complicated web of peer pressure, life aspirations, and notions of romance that shape an individual's decisions about sex, contraception, and pregnancy. And the book looks at such practical issues as the attitudes of doctors toward birth control and the place of contraception in both health insurance and "managed care." The Best Intentions offers frank discussion, synthesis of data, and policy recommendations on one of today's most sensitive social topics. This book will be important to policymakers, health and social service personnel, foundation executives, opinion leaders, researchers, and concerned individuals. May

Book China s Family Planning Program

Download or read book China s Family Planning Program written by Judith Banister and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Multivariate Areal Analysis of the Efficiency of Family Planning Programme and Its Impact on Fertility in Bangladesh

Download or read book Multivariate Areal Analysis of the Efficiency of Family Planning Programme and Its Impact on Fertility in Bangladesh written by Mohammed Abdul Mabud and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objectives of the ESCAP project: Study on the Impact and Efficiency of Family Planning Programs, are to test the methodology for measuring the impact of family planning programs, and develop a measure of efficiency which could be used by program administrators for quick adjustments in program management. This report concludes that the number of workers, doctors, family welfare visitors, and family welfare centers are going to be the important predictors for areal variation in family planning program performances regardless of the socioecomic factors in Bangladesh. Until the late 1970s, the number of doctors available and % of female literacy could significantly explain the macro level areal variation in total fertility rate much more than the other types of family planning program and non-program factors. The study shows the limitations of input-output ratios as the appropriate measure of program performance. The efficiency-index proposed in this study appears to have worked better as it takes into account socioeconomic and other factors that may create the areal variation in program inputs.

Book Multivariate Areal Analysis of the Efficiency of Family Planning Programme and Its Impact on Fertility in Peninsular Malaysia

Download or read book Multivariate Areal Analysis of the Efficiency of Family Planning Programme and Its Impact on Fertility in Peninsular Malaysia written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using data from the 1980 Malaysian census, this paper reports on a project that tests methodology for measuring the impact of family planning programs on fertility. It also develops an efficiency measure that could be used by program administrators for adjusting program management. In the 1st phase of the project, subnational aggregate data are analyzed using a multivariate areal analysis technic. Based on the regression results an efficiency index was constructed for each sub-unit, the lowest administrative program unit. Sub-units were than ranked in order from the most efficient to the least. A sample from the 2 extreme quartiles was used to analyze differential performance using clinical and other selected data. A multivariate analysis of program and non-program inputs decomposed the relative contribution of socioeconomic development and family planning inputs on fertility. The study concludes that a strong cultural factor affects fertility; social mobility is essential in promoting fertility decline. Family planning efforts directly affect fertility and need to be strengthened. Policies to improve living conditions and educational status will raise contraceptive prevalence. In-depth case studies could help to characterize the least efficient units. Efforts should be made to develop simple statistical estimation technics for multivariate areal analysis to overcome unequal areal sizes, as current regression analysis tends to have biased estimates without appropriate weighting.

Book School  Family  and Community Partnerships

Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Book Parenting Matters

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2016-11-21
  • ISBN : 0309388570
  • Pages : 525 pages

Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.

Book The Origins and Evolution of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries

Download or read book The Origins and Evolution of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries written by Judith R. Seltzer and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2002-04-22 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the origins and rationale of family planning programs and how they have evolved based on experience in different country settings.