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Three Strategies to Prevent Unintended Pregnancy
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Thomas, Adam – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
This paper presents results from fiscal impact simulations of three national-level policies designed to prevent unintended pregnancy: A media campaign encouraging condom use, a pregnancy prevention program for at-risk youth, and an expansion in Medicaid family planning services. These simulations were performed using FamilyScape, a recently…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Family Planning, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Studies in Family Planning, Volume 5 Number 5. East Asia Review, 1973.
Keeny, S. M., Ed. – 1974
An annual review, third in a series, covers developments in the field of population and family planning in East Asia. For each of the 10 countries involved (Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Phillipines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and South Vietnam) there is an article written by the agent responsible for the family planning…
Descriptors: Contraception, Demography, Developing Nations, Family Planning
A Decade of Family Planning Progress. Draper Fund Report No. 13.
Draper World Population Fund, Washington, DC. – 1984
World population growth and family planning progress in developing nations are discussed. The Draper Fund, established within the Population Crisis Committee (PCC) in 1975 to honor PCC's principal founder, encourages and funds activities which promise the greatest impact in slowing world population growth. There are 10 articles and an editorial.…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Contraception, Developing Nations, Family Planning
A Manual for Promoting Positive Alternatives to Adolescent Pregnancy. Better Beginnings for Virginia's Children.
Poe, Elisabeth S.; And Others – 1984
This guide advocates an alliance among diverse groups for the purpose of decreasing the incidence of adolescent pregnancy and improving the outcome of pregnancies that do occur. It provides useful information for communities interested in developing pregnancy prevention activities. Statistics about adolescent pregnancies are given and the…
Descriptors: Abortions, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adoption
Oversight on Family Planning Programs under Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 1981. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aging, Family and Human Services of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session (June 23 and September 28, 1981).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This report deals with the effect of the new federalism on family planning programs and considers the impact of a shift from federal categorical funding to block grants. Testimony from Department of Health and Human Services officials outlines the experience and insights gained through administrations of the Title X program. The materials deal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Cost Effectiveness, Family Life
Fertility Behavior in a Tri-Racial, Low Income Rural County. Project Report.
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Davis, Adam Clarke; And Others – 1974
Child bearing is probably one of the most important functions of the family in American society today. This study identified and investigated the (1) reasons for the existing differentials in fertility behavior (preferences, contraceptive use and effectiveness, and actual fertility) of white, black, and American Indian groups in a low income…
Descriptors: American Indians, Behavior, Birth Rate, Blacks