Introduction
Family Planning is the term given to the pre-
pregnancy planning and action to delay,
prevent or actualize pregnancy.
Family Planning is a way of living and thinking
adopted voluntarily, upon the bases of
knowledge, attitude and responsible decision
of individuals and couples in order to
promote health and welfare of family group
and thus contribute effectively to the social
development of the country. (B.T.
Basvanthappa)
What is the importance of proper
family planning?
Objective
(WHO) The use of a range of methods of a
fertility regulation to help individuals or
couples attain certain objectives:
•Avoid unwanted birth
•Bring about wanted birth
•Produce a change in the number of children
born
•Regulate interval between pregnancies
•Control time at which birth occur.
FAQs What I Should Know
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Why is family planning important in
developing countries?
Family planning advances the rights of all women to decide
whether they want to have children, and if so, how many and
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when. This, in turn, can help prolong a girl's education, as
millions of girls around the world drop out of school early
each year due to unintended pregnancy or to care for
younger siblings.
What is the most important part of family
planning? by:
One of the most important aspects of helping people plan for
pregnancy is helping them avoid unintended pregnancy. MRS. LILIBETH V. ILAGAN
MT-II, Dacanlao G. Agoncillo NHS
Family planning can significantly reduce the risk of maternal,
newborn, infant, and child illness and death by preventing a
high-risk pregnancy in women with certain health conditions
or characteristics, or by preventing an unplanned
pregnancy. Women typically welcome pregnancy and
childbirth, especially when planned.
How family planning can reduce poverty?
Family planning involves strategies to delay childbirth, space
births over time and avoid unintended pregnancies. When
women and men can control the size of their families, they
are more likely to have the resources to support their
children.
"Committing human and financial resources to
improving family planning services will not only
improve the health and well-being of women and
children, but it will also support efforts to
achieve a sustainable global population."
 3 Important Elements
BENEFITS
TO MOTHER
Reduce Health Risk
Below 20 years old and above 35 years
old is at risk of complications during
pregnancy
Physical Strain of Childbearing
Reduced Number of Maternal Death
What is the current family planning
Reduced Risk of Ovarian Cyst
Ensures better chance of
women (14%) uses a
survival at birth
Promote Better Childhood Nutrition
Promote physical growth and
development
Prevent Bith Defects
sperm.
TO FATHER
Allows father to keep a constant
balance between their physical, mental
and social well-being
Increase father sense of respect
because he is able to provide the type
of education and environment
TO THE FAMILY
Benefits the whole family’s health by
making them enjoy a better quality life.
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TYPES OF
FAMILY PLANNING
Proper Spacing
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
Proper Timing Natural Family Planning (NFP) is a general term for
fertility awareness-based methods of family planning
No. of Pregnancies that are science-based, accurate, natural, healthy
and effective.
These include the temperature method, calendar
method, cervical mucus method, lactational
situation in the Philippines? amenorrhoea method (LAM) and coitus interruptus,
or the withdrawal method.
One out of 10 married
BARRIER FAMILY PLANNING
traditional method, while five out of 10 (51%) are
not using any contraceptive method at all. Barrier methods of birth control prevent pregnancy
by blocking sperm. This stops the sperm from reaching
Modern methods include female sterilization, male an egg. Types of barrier methods include condoms,
sterilization, pill, IUD, injectable, condom, diaphragms, cervical caps, and the contraceptive
mucus/Billings/ovulation methods, Standard Days sponge. Barrier methods work better when you use
Method and Lactational Amenorrhea Method. them with a spermicide. This is a substance that kills
These include condoms (both external and internal) as
well as the diaphragm, cervical cap, sponge, and
vaginal spermicides. Condoms are also known as
"barrier" methods of birth control; they physically
block or otherwise prevent sperm from entering the
uterus and reaching the egg for fertilization.
SURGICAL FAMILY PLANNING
A surgical procedure that makes a person who can
produce sperm unable to cause a pregnancy or a
person who can ovulate unable to become pregnant.
Permanent birth control is not reversible and
prevents pregnancy 99% of the time.
The most common form of permanent birth control
(contraception) for women is called a tubal ligation
or having the "tubes tied." This is a safe and highly
effective option for women who wish to prevent
pregnancy permanently.