Family Planning; Fundamentals for Health Professionals

Ethics in family planning/reproductive health services

Managed care fundamentals: implications for health care organizations and health care professionals.

Managed care is changing our health care delivery system as radically as the computer chip has changed telecommunications. Health care professionals and organizations that do not understand managed care's implications will not be prepared for the future. For example, one implication of managed care is payment capitation, which is the transfer of financial risk from the insurer to the provider. ...

Family planning in a family health unit.

The aim of this study was to identify the care provided by health professionals who work in family planning, in a Family Health Unit in the municipality of Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional and qualitative-quantitative study. Data were collected through interviews with 11 health professionals. The results revealed that most professionals had not received trainin...

Family Planning and Mental Health

Family planning, as the name itself indicates, is not merely limitation of family size. It includes an important and often overlooked concept : that of spacing. A study conducted a few years ago (Kumar, 1976) noted that none of the interviewees seemed to have any ideas about spacing. It is this ignorance, lack of education and consequent poor implementation of a major national programme amongst...

Family Planning in Islam

ازدیاد توالد و  تناسل اگرچه مطلوب شارع مقدس بوده و در حد امکان نباید جلوگیری شود ولیکن اصل اساسی تر از آن  چگونگی تربیت و تأمین آینده ای بهتر برای فرزندان است، از اینرو غالب اندیشمندان اسلامی، مسئله تنظیم خانواده را جایز می دانند.