FAMILY PLANNING, MAIN OBJECTIVES AND CONCEPT

FAMILY PLANNING

Family planning means conception control or birth control. It refers to practices that help individuals or couples to attain the following objectives or It is a way of thinking and living that is adopted voluntarily upon the basis of knowledge attitudes and responsible decisions by individuals and couples in order to promote health and welfare of the family group and thus contribute effectively to the social development of a country is a process which includes:

Ø    1 .a Birth spacing accordingly

Ø  treatment of infertility and sterility

Ø  Limitation of the number of children according to the socio-economic status with methods that are reversible.

FAMILY PLANING:

Limitation of the number. of children, by irreversible methods, adopted by the parents' atter the completion of the family.

Ø  It is very important and is an irreversible process

Ø  No birth can occur while in family planning wanted births can occur

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF FAMILYPLANING:

             T0 avoid unwanted births.

             To bring about wanted births

             To regulate the intervals between pregnancies.

             To figure out how many children the family has.

             To control the time at which births occur in relation to the ages of parents.

CONCEPT OF FAMILY PLANNING:

Family planning is not identical To birth control, but it is more than mere birth control. Family planning includes in its purview, Proper spacing and limitation of births.

             Sex education

             Advice on sterility.

             Genetic counseling

             Marriage counseling.

             Education of parenthood.

             Providing adoption services

             Carrying out pregnancy tests.

             Teaching home economics and nutrition

             Premarital consultation and examination

             Couples' preparation for the birth of their first child.

             Pathological problems relating to the reproductive system are screened for.

All These actions mentioned above, differ from country to country, as each and every nation and country has different  goals and policies towards family planning This is how modern family planning works.

EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH:

Before 1800s the world population was not increasing some much fastly, as the need of the people were limited but after 1800s it has been growing  fastly  and it has been almost  doubled. It is also worth noting, that there 1s a sharp increase in population growth since 1950. It has badly affected those countries having more number of people. They can not enjoy higher standers of living.it also effected their education system, their health system, their socio and economy system etc  but those countries  with the least number of people, for the most part, enjoy higher standards of living than Countries considered overpopulated.

In general, the overpopulated countries of the world are the least developed and have the least of the world's distribution of goods and facilities. Unless serious action is taken in this direction, the unchecked growth of the population would bring poverty deprivation, Suffering  disease, and war  Moreover children born into families, unable to Provide  the basic essentials of food, clothing, shelter, emotional security educational opportunities to prepare them for a useful and productive ar candidates tor immature criminal behavior, common tensions internal political trouble.

 

FACTORS AFFECTING POPULATION GROWTH:

There is a lot of factors which can affect on the growth rate of population like birth rates of the babies , their death rates, immigration from villages to cities or from one country to another , and the same is the emigration. But The central focus of population growth is only human reproduction, which is very important as  The reproductive pattern is determined mainly by the culture, marriage customs, religious beliefs, and attitudes towards large families in the Society. A s we know that  Among many people it is  Considered a patriot and religious duty to raise large families. Among others, cultural and religious traditions teach that children are gifts of God, so each new addition to the family: should be wholeheartedly welcomed. While in other societies, the desirability of large numbers of children is an economic necessity is the children particularly male in Our male-dominated society that will supply the labor to make the land productive, Contribute to the income of the family, and to provide physical Security to parents in their declining years, If such beliefs go unchallenged, there can be no hope 1or a Successful reduction of birth control.


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