Pope calls for research into natural family planning

WHO and Research in Natural Family Planning

Natural family planning.

Natural family planning methods provide a unique option for committed couples. Advantages include the lack of medical adverse effects and the opportunity for participants to learn about reproduction. Modern methods of natural family planning involve observation of biologic markers to identify fertile days in a woman's reproductive cycle. The timing of intercourse can be planned to achieve or av...

What Works in Family Planning: a Research

Despite past research, uncertainty exists about the processes and factors that motivate couples to limit family size. Under the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project for the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, the authors undertook a comprehensive review to advance the current state of knowledge about what makes family planning programs work. The review synthesized research conduct...

Advancing family planning research in Africa.

This issue of the journal seeks to accelerate interest in research on family planning services and uptake, and behavioral and population outcomes, by sharing findings from studies recently conducted on the continent and presented at the International Family Planning Conference held in Kampala, Uganda, between November 15 and 18, 2009. There are three main themes across the studies: 1) individua...

Using photographs to strengthen family planning research.

International Family Planning Perspectives potentialities of photography as a tool for social research”3 at the same time that she was also completing a landmark textbook aimed at increasing the use of sound statistical methods.4 As a result, she is remembered not only for being “a pioneer in statistics and demography” but also as “an early advocate of combining qualitative and quantitative met...