Includes summaries of six articles dealing with engineering education, population management, blood sampling, international pollution control, environmental quality index, and scientific phases in political science. (CC)

Initial research report of project on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of family planning. Uses data from 1960 census, updated to 1964, for area of high proportion of poverty-level blacks to support general hypothesis that illegitimacy "runs in families among both poverty-level and lower-middle income black females. (Author/CJ)

Research findings are presented on birth control methods and usage; unwanted children; and the effects of family size, birth order and social class on the child. (NH)

Examined the relationship among employment preferences, child care arrangements of mothers of young children, and fertility expectations. Findings indicated that future fertility expectations were influenced by: (1) whether mothers wanted to be employed, given adequate child care, and (2) by whether they currently used regular child care. (Author)

Describes a group for couples deciding whether or not to have children. Couples (N=4) participated in various group exercises and activities. Results indicated the group experience was positive for most members: they gained an understanding of their own needs and attitudes, of their spouses' positions, and of issues involved. (Author)

Describes a program in Bangladesh designed to make the rural poor understand their social and economic problems in order to begin to bring about change through their own efforts. The program is functional education and includes topics in family planning, health, housing, nutrition, and agriculture. (Author/SA)

The challenge to the international health education field and its leadership is not to design and recommend programs and/or solutions, but rather to study needs, problems, and values of people, and then to assist them in designing their own programs relevant to their needs and problems. (MB)

Discusses the issue of human population. Illustrates the projections of the growing human population in terms of developed and less developed countries. Describes the family planning programs in several countries. Lists three references for further reading. (YP)

Investigated predictors of psychological distress among infertility clinic patients. Analyses indicated that infertile men and women reported greater psychological distress than the general population. Self-blame and avoidance coping significantly predicted psychological distress among men and women. Increased age and childlessness added to…

Suggests that population education should promote the ability to think and reason and should focus on (1) respect for others, especially persons of the other sex; (2) developing self-esteem; (3) the possibility and desirability of planning, especially of pregnancies; (4) the consequences of behavior; and (5) the ability to withstand peer pressure.…

Single teenage parents and expectant parents in four community-based programs were provided with information about establishing the paternity of their children. The information presented included the benefits, obligations and consequences of paternity establishment for the mother, father, child and society. The goal was to educate single teenagers…

Among the most influential findings from the World Fertility Survey (WFS) were those linking fertility patterns to child survival, in particular the findings concerning the high infant and child mortality for children born after a short birth interval. This study examined the relations between fertility and child survival based on more recent data…

The rapid and still-accelerating increase in the world's population, especially in developing nations, will have a number of serious economic, social, and ecological consequences for the whole world. Germany is attempting to help solve these problems by providing family planning and poverty alleviation assistance to developing nations. German…

Cultural, economic, and health factors influencing population trends in Senegal are described. The advantages of family planning and sex education are enumerated. (DE)

Part I of this resource guide contains listings of instructional materials, computer-assisted instructions, classroom activities and teaching methods. Part II deals with the knowledge base of population education. These publications are divided into 11 topics including: (1) demography; (2) documentation; (3) education (including environmental,…