The current state of knowledge about and experiences with community participation in worldwide developmental programs are examined in this journal issue. Specific topics addressed in part I include (1) reasons advanced in favor of community participation; (2) issues related to the implementation of primary health care programs and areas for…

This paper reviews the results of a study of 46 Canadian couples who had delayed childbearing and experienced their first parenthood when the wife was 30 years or older. Both husbands and wives were interviewed using a questionnaire containing closed and open-ended questions. Summaries of the parents' observations are discussed in the following…

This guide for educators, produced by the National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, contains 20 activities designed to help adolescents explore the issues of parenting, with a special emphasis on parenthood as a choice. Activities to implement the learning objectives are suggested, including values clarification exercises, infor- mation sharing,…

This booklet presents evidence which links the effects of unplanned pregnancies on the health of the mother and child. The first section identifies the causes of high mortality and morbidity rates among children. Teenage child-bearing, child-bearing past the age of 35, family size and birth intervals are discussed. The second section presents…

EVIDENCE FROM STUDIES INDICATE THAT THE POOR DESIRE TO CONTROL THEIR FAMILY SIZE AND PREFER TO USE BIRTH CONTROL DEVICES (PILLS OR INTERUTERINE DEVICES) WHICH ARE NOT COITUS-CONNECTED AND ANTITHETICAL TO THEIR SEXUAL ATTITUDES AND TRADITIONS. CONTRARY TO THE BELIEF THAT THE POOR ARE LESS LIKELY TO UTILIZE EXISTING HEALTH FACILITIES OR TO TAKE PART…

THE FIRST OF THE FOUR REPORTS IN THIS PUBLICATION IS A DISCUSSION OF THE METHODS USED BY THE CHILD STUDY ASSOCIATION TO RECRUIT LOW-INCOME PARENTS FOR ITS FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE SECOND REPORT IS A DESCRIPTION OF TWO PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES OPERATED BY THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONE OF THESE CLASSES IS AN EVENING CLASS FOR…

This course was organized as a followup to the seminar on mass media and national family planning programs held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris (France), June 23-28, 1969. Among the topics included in the report are: principles and steps in mass media production and utilization; problems arising from the practice of planning, producing, utilizing,…

The document is comprised of short articles on a variety of topics chosen for their relevance to educators in internationally-oriented schools. Some of the subjects covered are international women's year, population assistance to developing countries, Iranian Folktales, illiteracy in Latin America, and Ford Foundation involvement in Turkey. There…

This report summarizes the Regional Meeting of Experts on the Role of University Faculties/Colleges of Education in Population Education. The meeting explored ways in which university faculties/colleges of education could serve the needs of member states in the promotion of population education. The report is divided into six parts. Organization…

To provide federal, state, and local health agencies with information needed to achieve the national objectives of improving health, assisting families to escape poverty, and providing parents with freedom of choice in determining the number and spacing of their children, information was collected from 3,072 United States counties. Data from a…

The goals of the Caltech Population Program are to increase understanding of the interrelationships between population growth and socioeconomic and cultural patterns throughout the world and to communicate this understanding. This series of occasional papers is one step in the process of communicating research results. The papers deal primarily…

This report contains eight articles on the importance of the role of women in family planning. An Assistant Secretary General for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations, calls for increased female participation in national development. The Secretary General of The International Planned Parenthood Federation observes that women…

To determine the objectives and priorities of the northerners for community development in the North, as expressed by their hopes and aspirations for their own future, the Man in the North (MIN) Project of the Arctic Institute of North America decided to bring together community-development specialists and residents of the Canadian Arctic and of…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of recommendations and a plan of action presented by the Indian National Seminar on Population Education. Population education has been rapidly emerging as a new but important phase of the total program dealing with population planning. The report makes a clear cut…

Population problems in both the United States and throughout the world are summarized and analyzed, pictorially and narratively, in this special newspaper supplement to "The New York Times", April 30, 1972. Part I presents the U. S. problem, with the following contributions: excerpts from President Richard Nixon's message to Congress on…