Question

There is a proposal for the creation of a family planning program in your local community. The program will cost $1 million. Identify the facts surrounding unplanned pregnancies and the purpose of family planning. Discuss why your community needs this program. Include information on how your community's culture and demographics play a role in your decision.

Answer 1

Family planning program makes people attain their desired number of children and to give enough space between the children. The government implements these program to protect the woman's health and to reduce maternal mortality.

The facts associated with unplanned pregnancies are

• Increased chance of transmission of HIV and sexually transmitted disease.
• women are in the risk of unsafe abortion.
• Unplanned pregnancy leads to an increased maternal mortality rate.
• Extension of family size.
• Increases pregnancy-related health problems.

The purpose of family planning is

• Prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted disease.
• Prevents pregnancy-related health risk
• Empower women reproductive health
• Reduce maternal and infant mortality rate.
• Reduce early adolescent pregnancies
• Control population growth

My community needs this program to avoid unnecessary abortion and to reduce the STDs. Here, teenagers are an increased risk of developing STDs. Women need to be educated about the birth spacing method. In the west Dade community, women are restricted to have reproductive service in the hospital. Gender place an important role in the community and women are not allowed to plan her pregnancies. They believe in a large extended family which leads to an increased number of children. Poverty, homelessness, violence results in teenage pregnancy. So the family planning program is the ultimate need of this community to minimize the health risk of women, make awareness of the people, and to improve the reproductive health of the women.