1st Edition

Parents and Family Planning Services

By Ann Cartwright Copyright 1970
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Parents and Family Planning Services focuses on parents of a sample of newborns in twelve areas of England and Wales during the 1970s. The parents were asked about their contraceptive practices, attitudes toward different methods of birth control, and opinions of-and experience with-different types of services. General practitioners, health visitors, and doctors at family planning clinics were... Read more
I INTRODUCTIONII PREGNANCIES AND CONTRACEPTIONIII SOME BARRIERS TO THE USE OF MORE EFFECTIVE METHODS OF CONTRACEPTIONIV SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ADVICEV HELP AND ADVICE FROM GENERAL PRACTITIONERSVI VIEWS OF THE GENERAL PRACTITIONERSVII SOME VARIATIONS BETWEEN GENERAL PRACTITIONERSVIII FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS IN THE STUDY AREASIX MOTHERS' VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF CLINICSX HEALTH VISITORSXI FATHERS AND HUSBANDSXII VIEWS OF PARENTS AND DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALSXIII THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGIONXV THE FUTUREAPPENDICES1 Selection of study areas, births, mothers and fathers2 The sample of general practitioners3 The sample of health visitors4 Selection of clinics and doctors5 Score on predicted action by general practitioners and health visitors6 Statistical significance and sampling errors7 Classification of social class8 ReferencesINDEX

Biography

Ann Cartwright