Title: Population: more than family planning.

POPLINE Document Number: 691264

Author(s):

Hauser P

Source citation:

Journal of Medical Education, 1969 Nov;44(11, Pt 2):20-29.

Abstract:

Family planning programs often have the limited objectives of promoting voluntary control to attain a desired number of children. It is unlikely that such programs will be able to achieve fertility control or population control, let alone its own limited objectives. If fertility control is to be achieved, family planning programs must recognize abortion as supplementary to contraception; must have as an objective inducing couples to desire replacement levels of fertility; and may have to consider abandoning voluntarism in favor of sanctions and incentives. Although family planning programs should be expanded, they should also be evaluated, and a determination made if other approaches to fertility reduction should be tried. Comprehensive population policies and programs need to be developed which take into account various aspects of population dynamics. (AUTHOR'S MODIFIED)

Keywords:

Population Control
Family Planning Programs
Action Research
Abortion
Population Policy
Social Policy
Policy
Family Planning
Programs
Organization and Administration
Research Methodology
Fertility Control, Postconception