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FAMILY PLANNING IN A PART‐ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY, 1970 TO 1973
Author(s) -
KAMIEN M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb140370.x
Subject(s) - family planning , consumerism , birth rate , population , medicine , service (business) , plan (archaeology) , family medicine , demography , environmental health , geography , sociology , business , political science , fertility , research methodology , law , archaeology , marketing
A family planning service was offered to an Aboriginal community as part of a total plan to improve their health status. Within a 33‐month period, one‐half of the child‐bearing population was practising family planning, and its birth rate had fallen from 71 per thousand (1964 to 1971) to 35 per thousand (1972). This high acceptance rate is attributed to the observation of the principles of consumerism in medical care. Care is needed to avoid the side effects of contraception in women who have a high prevalence of diabetes, anaemia and infection.