Most studies of sex education center on local Anglo-Euro-American contexts, tracing the origin of sex education to a coordinated response to the spread of venereal diseases. These neglect the circumstances in which sex education developed in the developing world between the 1950s and 1980s: a growing collective anxiety about rising birth rates…

Since 1969 the International Planned Parenthood Federation has worked with the government of Botswana in setting up family planning services. An evaluation of the family planning aspects of the program were carried out. This is a summary of three research studies and some general comments. Included is: (1) an introduction to Botswana and the…

Although prepared for the occasion of a national seminar in Thailand, the substance of this paper applied in a wide context of countries now making plans to develop school programs in population education. After an introduction to the need for introducing population education in the school curriculum and the way this need is perceived by family…

This editorial concludes that in order for a family planning policy in an underdeveloped country to be effective, it must include incentives to induce economic and social changes aimed at greater equality and higher productivity. (DT)

Based on the premise that all people have a right to free choice in matters of family planning, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Conference proceedings included discussions on worldwide contraceptive practices, planned parenthood and socio-economic development, legal influences, and cultural barriers to family planning. Over…

Makes clear the importance of population size and the consequences which are rightly or wrongly expected from changes in the birth rate. This lecture was delivered at the annual meeting of the Standing Conference on Studies in Education in 1977. The theme of the conference was Educational Attitudes and Economic Survival. (Editor/RK)

Lists three types of social influence organizations'' and three target groups'' in the population, and suggests objectives, techniques, and content of population education programs. (SP)

The problems of population education for peasant cultures are described. The meaningfulness of the usual arguments in favor of low fertility is debated in terms of the facts of peasant life. (DT)

This manual provides a concise and comprehensive "how to" guide to starting and maintaining a family planning/population library. In addition to the step-by-step procedures necessary for acquiring and organizing book and non-book material, a classification scheme is presented for providing documents, articles, pamphlets, and books with numbers for…

The current issue of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Library Bulletin combines an acquisitions list with that of special bibliographies. The broad classes follow the IPPF general organization by topics: (1) general reference, (2) IPPF, (3) family planning and maternal and child health and care, (4) bio-medical study and…

The focus of this paper is an empirical illustration of how distorted subjective probabilities for sex of next birth might influence fertility behavior. Recent models of the fertility decision-making process are provided. (Author/MA)

The role of the media in informing and influencing the population. (LS)

The author discusses a multi-media library and information center in population and family planning which is associated with a Planned Parenthood affiliate and provides many segments of the community with educational materials and services and strengthens the affiliate's programs. (Author)

Knowledge of the existence of birth control clinics is seen as a function of proximity to clinics, friendliness of neighborhood, and propensity to discuss birth control with neighbors. A conceptual model is developed to illustrate variables contributing to the diffusion of birth control information in a public health family planning program.…