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Author(s) -
Gibson Robert A,
Makrides Maria,
Colyer Coral G B
Publication year - 2002
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.1326-5377.2002.tb04566.x
Subject(s) - child health , research centre , library science , medicine , family medicine , computer science
• Ensuring that every child is wanted and born into an environment with the emotional and material resources needed to care for her or him well is a vital public health goal. The maxim ‘children by choice, not chance’ is as relevant today as it was during the genesis of the UK’s family planning services in the 1920s. Contraceptives ranging from condoms and ‘the pill’ to intrauterine devices (IUDs) and long acting injectable and implantable products enable women to control their fertility and improve their lives, as well as those of their children and partners.