Family Planning Flashcards
What is family planning?
This is the practice of controlling the number of children one has and the intervals between their births, by means of either contraception or sterilisation.
What is the goal of family planning?
To improve pregnancy planning and prevent unwanted pregnancies.
What do unintended pregnancies include?
These include pregnancies that women consider mistimed or unintended
What is the best way to not have unintended or unwanted pregnancies?
Abstinence
What factors are affecting family planning?
Social economic status ( due to bad finances, couples are encouraged to have a number that they can manage financially)
Age, most women these days are having children in their premenopausal years as this is reducing their chances of having any.
Cultural norms, certain cultures believe in having a large family as a sign of blessings.
Laws, in some over populated countries eg China, a law was passed in that only a certain number of children are allowed per couple.
Fertility, this affects a couples chances of having children especially if one is infertile or has very low chances of fertilisation.
What are the barriers of peoples use to it?
Cost
Limited access to publicly funded services
Lack of awareness of services
No or limited transport
Inadequate services for men
What are some of the benefits of family planning?
To the mother: reduced health risk, reduced number of maternal deaths and ovarian cysts.
To children: better childhood nourishment, prevents birth defects and promotes growth and development.
What methods are used in order to carry our family planning?
Natural method: no foreign material is used.
Barrier: foreign material is used eg condoms and IUDs
Hormonal : birth control methods that act on endocrine system
Permanent or surgical: also called sterilisation, prevents all future pregnancies.
What is the scope of family planning?
These are ways or knowledge through which couples get to know about how to prevent unwanted pregnancies as well as being wanted births.
What are some examples of scope of family planning?
Education for parenthood
Sex Ed
Advice on sterility
Genetic counselling
Providing adoption services
Proper spacing and limitation of births
Maternal and child health
Populational control
What does proper maternal and child health include?
Having access to information and services that allow women to make informed decisions about their reproductive health and plan their pregnancies.
Access to range of contraceptive methods, preconception care and prenatal care.
Give a list of other scopes of family planning.
Carrying out pregnancy tests
Providing services for unmarried women.
Maternal nutrition
Preparation of couples for the arrival of their first child.
Marriage counselling
Screening for disease in reproductive system.
What is the use of family planning?
It gives women a variety of choices; helps prevent pregnancy related health risks, prevents unplanned pregnancies.
Reduces infant mortality rate
Prevents HIV
Allows for investment in children
Slows population growth
Socio economic benefits
