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The Family Planning

A Research Submitted to Ms. Cherry Gomez Village Montessori School

In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirement in English IV

By Hazel P. Abesamis February 18, 2015

I. INTRODUCTION

Most of Filipino couples want to get married in an

instant that they want to be together without considering

factors. Raising a child requires significant amounts of

resources: time, social, financial, and environmental.

Planning can help assure that resources are available. The

purpose of family planning is to make sure that any couple,

man, or woman who has the desire to have a child has the

resources that are needed in order to complete this goal.

With these resources a couple, man or woman can explore the

options of natural birth,surrogacy,artificial insemination,

oradoption. In the other case, if the person does not wish to

have a child at the specific time, they can investigate the

resources that are needed to prevent pregnancy, such as birth

control, contraceptives, or physical protection and prevention.

Family Planning services support peoples decisions about when, or if, they would like to have children by offering education, counseling and birth control methods. Planned pregnancies spaced two or more years apart result in healthier babies and fewer medical problems for the woman. Planning for a child will help you avoid the social, health, and financial problems you face if an unplanned pregnancy happens. There are many birth control methods and technique available today. No one method is best for everyone at every stage of life. You can choose a birth control method to match your personal needs. It is important to think about what method will be best for you.

II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This research paper dealt with the family planning. More specifically, it tries to seek the answers to the following. questions:1. How does this method work?

2. What are its advantages?

3. Do couples really need family planning?

III. IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY

Throughout the majority of history, women and couples had To count solely on prayer and luck for family planning. Some couples who desired children were not able to have them. Other couples have desired fewer children or pregnancies that were spaced farther apart, but had trouble accomplishing this goal.Until the 20th century, the only reliable way to prevent or space out pregnancies was abstinence. Fortunately, there are many more family planning options in modern times. Family planning is important for the health of a mother and her children, as well as the family's economic situation. According to the professionals having children more than five Years or less than two years apart can cause both a mother and her children serious health consequences. The financial consequence of having children involves the medical costs of pregnancy and birth and the high costs associated with actually bringing up children. Since parents are responsible for providing education,shelter,clothing and food for their children, family planning has an important long-term impact on the financial situation of any family.

IV. SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This research work was concerned with the present problems of our environment in Philippines.The gathering of data was made possible through the distribution of questionnaires.The findings of the study were limited to the responses of the respondets to the instruments used. The study was limited to the main causes of our problems. To evaluate these causes, this research was further limited to major problems involved in the attainment of a healthy environment.

V. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

To facilitate better understanding of the study, the following terms are defined according to their operational use. Contraceptives. This is a device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy Infertility. Is the inability of a sexually active, non-contracepting couple to achieve pregnancy in one year. Birth Control. The practice of preventing unwanted

pregnancies, typically by use of

contraception. Sterilization. Refers to procedures that result in

infertility.

Abortion. The deliberate termination of a human

pregnancy, most often performed during

the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.

Surrogate. The action or state of being a surrogate.

VI. HYPOTHESIS

This research is presents a hypothesis that the

frequency of births in a population can be understood in terms

of three factors that influence the desire for births:

(1) a family size goal that is determined by characteristics of the environment; (2) the incidence of death among offspring; and (3) the effect of uncertainty in the family formation process.

VII. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE The high growth rate of population varies a lot from region to region and from community to community. Population is determined by birth rate, death rate and migration flows. This entire factor is in turn depending on numerous socioeconomic factors. These factors are interacting in different ways and that is why it is not easy to identify and quantify them. So it has become necessary to study the factors influencing fertility and family planning adoption. Number of studies has been undertaken and they have Identified various socio- economic, cultural and other variables which are responsible for family planning adoption. Hence study relating to the mio-economic factors determining family planning will be reasonable only when this will consider its impact on fertility. The number of studies has identified that one of the imponant social factor which influences family planning and fertility behavior of couples is religion. Therefore it's become necessary to review the existing literature on socio. economic, demographic. cultural, and religious factors enhancing fertility.

VIII. METHODOLOGY

The researcher adapted the descriptive method of research in undertaking this study. Gay, as quoted by Punsalan et.al (1999) defined descriptive method as involving collections of data in order to test hypothesis or to answer questions concerning the current states of the subject of the study. Padua, (1995) defined the descriptive research as the status of events of people or subjects as they exit. Relative to this, Sevilla (1989) enumerated several types of Descriptive research. One of them is the survey method, which Involves the gathering of data from relatively large number of cases. The researcher adapted this method of research because this method was responsive to the gathering of data and information which is really related to others present study.

IX. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Currently, the Philippine government is facing a lot of

problems that should be given solutions by our government.

Population Matters More than 200 million women worldwide would like to delay

or prevent pregnancy but arenot using modern contraceptives.

There are many reasons, including a lack of supplies, high

costs, a limited choice so the most appropriate method is not

available, insufficient information about the options and a

lack ofwomens right

Consequences.

The consequences of unintended pregnancy can be

Disruptive at best and fatal at worst.Reproductive health issues are one of the biggest causes of death and chronic health problems for women of childbearing age worldwide. Even if these are avoided, unintended pregnancy can disrupt education, employment and life chances.

Family History Mother, father, grandfather, grandmother or even cousins. all have something to say medically about the health of the child-to-be. If the mother is at risk for carrying agenetic diseasethat runs in the family or ethnic group (cystic fibrosis or Tay-Sachs, for example), there are things that can do before the mother get pregnant to decrease the likelihood of passing the gene to the baby.

Medical History A growing fetus will depend on the mothers body to supply acozy and healthy place to grow. If the mother is in overall good health, the doctor will give the thumbs-up to go ahead and get pregnant. But if the woman is struggling with health issues, it's best to get them under control before she conceive a baby.

Lifestyle It's time to fess up about lifestyle choices that might not be the best for the mothers healthor her baby-to-be. The doctor isn't going to scold her aboutdrinking coffee or alcohol, smoking cigarettes, or using recreational drugs, but she will want to know honestly how much and how often she engage in these activities.

Finance Can you afford it? Start by comparing two budgets: Stay at Home and Back to Work, to gauge what's feasible. "The key budget items after a baby arechild care, retirement savings, three to six months of emergency savings, college savings, and savings for non-emergencies, such as vacations, birthday parties and new furniture, " advises money expert Galia Gichon, founder ofDown-to-earth-finance.

X. SUMMARY , CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Summary

This research paper was written with the following

objectives: to make the reader aware on the present problems

of our environment, to determine the main causes of our

environmental problem, to know the different solutions of

these problems, and to inform the readers about the role they

must do.

More specifically, this study tried to seek answers to

the following questions:

1. How does this method work?

2. What are its advantages?

3. Do couples really need family planning?

Conclusions Based on the result of the researchers study, the

following conclusions are given:

1. The problem is the real world is less simple. In the developing world,137 million women who don't want to get pregnant are not practicing contraception.The key cause of this unmet need for contraception is that contraception is often quite costly to individuals in terms of commodities transportation, and provider fees for contraceptives and health care services, even when subsidies are provided by the government. In addition, there are significant noneconomic costs, such as health concerns , social disapproval and spousal resistance, as well as unnecessary medical barriers requiring a doctor instead of a nurse or other trained health care worker to provide certain contraceptives.

2. This unmet need is in turn responsible for most of the 76 million unplanned pregnancies that occur each year. About

half of these pregnancies end in abortion and the other

half end in births; both contribute unnecessarily to

health risks for mothers and children, to the cost of

raising families and to the adverse impact of population

growth.

3. Comprehensive family planning and reproductive health

services were provided in the treatment area of the

experiment. A wide choice of methods was offered, high-

quality referral and follow-up were provided and a new

cadre of well-trained women replaced traditional birth

attendants as service providers. Contraceptive use rose

sharply as these improvements were implemented. No such

change was observed in the comparison area.

The differences between the two areas in contraceptive use and fertility were maintained over time.

4. Fertility declined from more than five births per woman

in the late 1980s to just two in 2000. No other country

experienced a decline of that magnitude during the 1990s.

While it is likely that some fertility change would have

occurred without these new services, the unprecedented

paced of the fertility decline argues for a substantial

impact of the program.

5. Fertility declined from more than five births per woman in the late 1980s to just two in 2000. No other country

experienced a decline of that magnitude during the 1990s.

While it is likely that some fertility change would have

occurred without these new services, the unprecedented pace

of the fertility decline argues for a substantial impact of

the program.

Recommendation In the light of the conclusions mentioned, the researcher Offers the following recommendations:

1. Advocate to include family planning in development and

poverty reduction strategies as a way of ensuring that

contraceptive security remains on the national agenda.

2. Advocate with government officials to include budget

line items for contraceptive commodities. In countries

that already have a budget line item, work to ensure

that adequate funds are allocated and expended on

contraceptives. Advocate for laws that protect funds

for needed contraceptive supplies and program support.

3. Include a wide range of contraceptives in essential

drug lists so that public funds can better support the

reproductive health needs of women and men.

4. Incorporate family planning into social insurance

programs and basic health care programs so it is

effectively promoted and integrated into health

services that reach people most in need.

5. Support the implementation of national health accounts

and reproductive health subaccounts as a strategy for

making evidence-based policy decisions and to ensure

that the findings are used to support contraceptive

security efforts.