Problem
Inadequate family planning education
Other Names:
Lack of family-planning educationInadequate family planning research
Nature:
Family planning education may be inadequate insofar as it provides too little information or in that it is ill-suited to the needs of those who are being educated. The aspect of general health care may be underemphasized. Some social groups may be discriminated against, particularly the young and unmarried and certain racial and religious groups, or information may simply be less available for the less well-off, of for those in rural and inaccessible areas.
Incidence:
Some failures in family planning education policies and strategies are: the exclusion of natural methods of family planning; inadequate research in the psycho-social area; inability of policies to adequately respond to needs for a safe, reliable method; lack of coordination among family planning providers; and failure to target information to potential target groups in a meaningful or comprehensible way.
Broader Problems:
Inadequate medical trainingInadequate education systemLack of family life educationInadequate family planning programmesIneffective educational policy decisions Narrower Problems:
Inadequate maternal and child health careDiscrimination in family planning facilitiesInadequate family planning education for men Aggravates:
Illegal induced abortionUnsustainable population levelsInsufficient birth spacing in familiesHealth hazards of artificial birth controlOpposition to population control and family planning Reduces:
Birth prevention Strategies:
Advancing family planningImproving women's knowledge of family planning sourcesEncouraging family planning schemesReducing individual fertilityEducating for marriage and family lifeProviding sufficient family-planning educationAbstaining from family-planning education Subject(s):
Education → Education Health Care → Birth control
Research, Standards → Research
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST