This publication consists of papers presented at the 1969 Annual Institute for Public Health Social Workers. The theme of the institute focused on family planning in the context of maternal and child health services, on examples of social work practice in family planning, and on the educational needs of social workers as related to this practice.…

The purpose of this study was to survey the possible variables in the use of medically distributed contraceptives (MDC) among unmarried coeds. The sample consisted of 102 students from Ohio State University. The variables found to be most strongly associated with MDC use are self-image and social interaction. Coeds whose self-images are…

This abstract/bibliography is part of an information service provided by the Council, and offers a classified selection of recent U.S. and foreign articles and books in the area of population. Categories in this issue are: 1) demography and social science; 2) human reproduction and fertility control; 3) family planning programs; 4) population…

This report is a detailed summary of how the contraception counseling and education clinic at Berkeley operates. The clinic is a broad-based contraception service within the student health service, designed to meet the specific needs of college students. It offers contraception education service, and devices, venereal disease screening,…

A typology of incentives and the general effects of incentives for family planning are discussed in "Incentives in the Diffusion of Family Planning Innovations," the first of three studies in this monthly publication of The Population Council. A brief review of the history of incentives and their present status in the fields is given, together…

This generously annotated bibliography of books, reports, and journal articles is divided into the following subject areas: 1) Demography and Social Science; 2) Human Reproduction and Fertility Control; 3) Family Planning Programs; 4) Population Policy; and, 5) General. Throughout these areas are works on demography and population control in…

This annotated, 30-item bibliography of books, reports and articles is divided into topics identical to those described in SO 001 849. Notable among the items in this issue are: the Proceedings of the Fifth Princeton Conference on Population Genetics and Demography; a journal article on the genetic implications of population control; and several…

Abstracts of current publications in the fields of population and family planning are contained in this monthly acquisitions list of the Katherine Dexter McCormick Library, Planned Parenthood, New York. Organized in two parts, Part 1 contains an annotated list of the books most recently acquired by the Library, marked with its Library call number,…

A benefit-cost technique to measure the economic returns of family planning programs and the assumptions and limitations inherent in this type of analysis are presented. This approach takes the present value of the discounted consumption stream of an unborn child as the main measure of the benefit accruing to society from the prevention of a…

This monograph contains a study conducted by the Population Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Committee for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The document is designed to aid policy-makers, administrators and evaluation personnel in family planning programs in the ESCAP region, primarily; and researchers working in the field of family…

Describes the development and the composition of birth control pills. Explains the way the pill works, and other methods of contraception. (GA)

As more adolescent unmarried mothers decide to keep their babies, social service agencies need to reevaluate their programs to meet changing needs. This study examines the living situations, educational and employment status, and interpersonal relationships of 30 adolescent unmarried mothers to determine the services they themselves thought they…

This study investigates the premarital contraceptive behavior of 222 male and female college students. Contraceptive practice was examined in relation to dating patterns, level of emotional involvement with sex partners, types of birth control used, number of different sex partners, and reasons for failure to use birth control. (Author)

The U.S. State Department's Agency for International Development (AID) is spending more than $143 million this year for population control measures in over 70 nations around the world and it is estimated that as much as $10 million was spent in one year for surgical sterilization procedures. (JC)

Surveyed 396 sexually experienced college students. Results indicated that, compared to early coital initiators, late coital initiators were more effective contraceptors during initial coitus, had more committed relationships with initial sex partners, engaged in more contraceptive use discussion and planning, and used more authoritative and…