Family Planning Practices in Third World Countries/Anupurna Rathor. Delhi,
Adhyayan Publisher, 2004, v, 350 p., ISBN 81-89161-13-X.
Family Planning Practices in Third World Countries/Anupurna Rathor. Delhi,
Adhyayan Publisher, 2004, v, 350 p., ISBN 81-89161-13-X.
Contents: Preface. 1. Gender family and fertility in Asia: an introduction. 2. A study of reproductive management in East and South Asia. 3. Gender and fertility strategy in China. 4. "Tradition", gender and expectations in Singapore. 5. The effect of social interaction on fertility goals and behaviour. 6. Patrilines, patrilocality and fertility decline in Viet Nam. 7. Mass media interventions: role in reproductive health knowledge. 8. Quality characteristics of field workers and contraceptive use dynamics. 9. Women's autonomy and uptake of contraception in Pakistan. 10. Adolescent reproductive health in Asia. 11. Estate Women's fertility in Sri Lanka. 12. Sexual behaviour related to HIV/AIDS. Index.
"The status of family planning practices remains a serious problem in developing countries. Many countries are transforming their efforts to meet their population's family planning needs by refocusing maternal and child health and family planning activities into more comprehensive reproductive health programmes. As the strategic approach was being implemented to address contraceptive introduction in several countries, its utility for addressing other specific reproductive health problems was reorganized.
The book is equally relevant to students of all related disciplines. Moreover, professional in areas that deal with population-related issues in planning and decision-making in health, education, social welfare, market research, for instance, will find much of the contents of this book useful as a reference work." (jacket)
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