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Review Of Existing Norplant® Acceptor Tracking System, Joedo Prihartono
Review Of Existing Norplant® Acceptor Tracking System, Joedo Prihartono
Reproductive Health
Family planning (FP) activities in Indonesia are considered a successful national program. Since its introduction in the 1970s, the total number of active contraceptive users dramatically increased to 21 million couples. The government continuously tries to improve the quality of FP services. New developments in contraceptives at the international level have been monitored to assess the possibility of their application in Indonesia, to broaden the variety of available contraceptives. Norplant® implants were introduced in 1981, and as of 1993 there were more than two million cumulative Norplant users in Indonesia. As a long-term progestin-only contraceptive, this method must be removed …
Family Planning And Population: A Compendium Of International Statistics, John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin, Vincent C. Miller
Family Planning And Population: A Compendium Of International Statistics, John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin, Vincent C. Miller
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
This volume provides statistics on all large-scale family planning (FP) programs in the developing world, together with selected demographic and socioeconomic statistics. Time trends are given for some indicators, and data are arranged for comparative analysis across countries. Where available, time trends go back to the mid-1980s. This volume’s predecessor, published in 1992, should be consulted for earlier demographic and socioeconomic data, and for tables on maternal and child health indicators that are not repeated here. The data on FP programs come from a series of three questionnaires sent since 1987 to 100 developing countries, which have generally been kept …
Findings From Two Decades Of Family Planning Research, John A. Ross, Elizabeth Frankenberg
Findings From Two Decades Of Family Planning Research, John A. Ross, Elizabeth Frankenberg
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
This book presents a selection of empirical conclusions, or findings, from the body of family planning research that has accumulated over the last two decades. Twelve topics of current interest are reviewed, as a sequel to three similar publications issued in 1971, 1972, and 1974. A findings document compresses what has been learned into straightforward declarative statements, giving summary evidence to support each statement. In cases where a conclusion is well founded, with extensive supporting evidence, only illustrative or summary references are needed. In other cases, citations are required for individual studies. Generalizations that are unsupported or too ambiguous to …