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Family Planning
Rational, voluntary, and moral management of all the processes of family life Allows individuals to achieve desired birth spacing and family size Contributes to improved health outcomes for infants, children, women, and families
Family Planning
Importance of Family Planning in the Philippines Slow down population growth The Philippines is among the most populous countries in the world, ranking 12th globally, 7th in Asia, and 2nd in the Southeast Asia. Its population continues to increase with an annual growth rate of 1.90 percent.
Family Planning
Importance of Family Planning in the Philippines Reduce maternal deaths
The latest Family Health Survey (FHS) conducted by NSO in 2011 revealed that for every 100,000 live births in the Philippines, 221 mothers die during pregnancy and childbirth or shortly after childbirth. The ratio of maternal deaths to live births increased in 2011 from an estimated 162 deaths from the Family Planning Survey (FPS) in 2006
Family Planning
Importance of Family Planning in the Philippines Improve the quality of life of families
The wealth index showed that women in the poorest households bear more children at an average of 5.2 children per woman compared to an average of 1.9 children per woman in the wealthiest households.
Family Planning
Importance of Family Planning in the Philippines Prevent/reduce unwanted pregnancies
Teenage pregnancies in the Philippines surged by 70 percent over one decade (UNPFA)
23 percent or five million Filipino adolescents aged 15-24 have already engaged in premarital sex; the direct result of which is an increase in the incidence of unplanned pregnancies that lead to abortion.
In the Philippines where abortion is illegal, the numbers are unspeakable: 64,000 abortions annually, based on a study by the World Bank in 2010.
Family Planning
Importance of Family Planning in the Philippines Promotion of a safer sexual behavior
From January to December 2011, the Department of Health recorded 2,349 new HIV Ab Seropositive cases, 2,255 of which are asymptomatic and 94 are full-blown AIDS, 17 of which already died. Female victims accounted 7 percent (156 cases) while males accounted the remaining 93 percent (2,193 cases) of the new cases. As of December 2011, women with HIV/AIDS were recorded at 1,463 cases (17.5%). HIV/AIDS cases for men were higher at 6,890 cases (82.5%)
Family Planning
Types/Methods of Family Planning Contraception Sex Education - assists families by teaching youth how their reproductive
systems function, how to use contraceptives and the truth about pregnancy and birth control
Description
Contains two hormones (estrogen and progestogen)
How it works
Prevents the release of eggs from the ovaries (ovulation)
Effectiveness
>99% with correct and consistent use
Comments
Progestogen-only pills Contains only (POPs) or "the minipill" progestogen hormone, not estrogen
Implants
Reduces risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer; 92% as commonly should not be taken used while breastfeeding Thickens cervical 99% with correct and Can be used while mucous to block consistent use breastfeeding; must sperm and egg from 9097% as commonly be taken at the same meeting and prevents used time each day ovulation
Health-care provider must insert and remove; can be used for 35 years depending on implant; irregular vaginal bleeding common but not harmful Delayed return to fertility (14 months) after use; irregular vaginal bleeding common, but not harmful
Small, flexible rods or Same mechanism as POPs >99% capsules placed under the skin of the upper arm; contains progestogen hormone only Same mechanism as POPs >99% with correct and consistent use 97% as commonly used
Progestogen only injectable Injected into the muscle every 2 or 3 months, depending on product
Injected monthly into the Same mechanism as COCs >99% with correct and muscle, contains estrogen consistent use and progestogen 97% as commonly used
Method
Description
How it works
Copper component damages sperm and prevents it from meeting the egg
Effectiveness
>99%
Comments
Longer and heavier periods during first months of use are common but not harmful; can also be used as emergency contraception Also protects against sexually transmitted infections, including HIV
Intrauterine device (IUD): Small flexible plastic copper containing device containing copper sleeves or wire that is inserted into the uterus
Male condoms
>99%
Description
Man withdraws his penis from his partner's vagina, and ejaculates outside the vagina, keeping semen away from her external genitalia Calendar-based methods: monitoring fertile days in menstrual cycle; symptom-based methods: monitoring cervical mucus and body temperature
How it works
Effectiveness
Comments
One of the least effective methods, because proper timing of withdrawal is often difficult to determine
Tries to keep sperm 96% with correct out of the woman's and consistent use body, preventing fertilization 73% as commonly
used
The couple prevents 95-97% with correct pregnancy by and consistent use avoiding unprotected vaginal sex during most fertile days, usually by abstaining or by using condoms
Can be used to identify fertile days by both women who want to become pregnant and women who want to avoid pregnancy. Correct, consistent use requires partner cooperation.
Family Planning
Advantages of Family Planning:
reduces the number of unplanned pregnancies and abortions among women allows women the opportunity to choose when the time is right to have a child gives women the option to wait until they are financially able to care for a child gives the family time to pursue educational and employment goals without worrying about the financial burden of an unplanned pregnancy
Family Planning
Disadvantages of Family Planning: Complications may occur with regular use of contraceptives o Weight gain o Headaches o Dizziness o Nausea o Stroke o Blood clot o Ectopic pregnancy
Extend medical care to all residents in an evolutionary way within our economic means and capability as a nation;
Providing the people of the country a practical means of helping themselves pay for adequate medical care To establish a Medical Care Commission
disseminating both services and information on population control, in line with the Government's own population programs
RH BILL
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 Proposed by Albay Representative Edcel Lagman It aims to: provide its beneficiaries with universal access to medically safe, non-abortifacient, effective, legal, affordable and quality reproductive health care services, methods, devices, supplies which do not prevent the implantation of a fertilized ovum. Project RH education in to the DepEds curriculum provide minors with access to artificial birth control methods in health centers and state-run hospitals if they have written parental consent, or have already given birth or have had miscarriages Disseminate information and provide access to family planning methods
RH BILL
PROS: Prevention of Induced Abortions Providing support and deployment of more Public Health Midwives, Nurses, and Doctors Protection of the Health and Lives of Mothers Reduction of infant deaths
RH BILL
CONS: undermines the human rights It does not protect the rights of conscience of those that will be responsible for implementing new measure Increase in Contraceptive use leads to higher abortion rate It fails to reaffirm the Philippiness protection of the unborn.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Improve and implement family programs in areas with high IMR and MMR Increase the awareness of the youth through sex education Increase access to information about family planning and maternal health Community leaders should develop strategies and promote family planning to improve the health and the quality of life of the families in their respective communities
Improve government policies which defends the right of women and children against violence and abuse
Sources
http://pcw.gov.ph/statistics/201210/population-familiesand-household-statistics
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs351/en/inde x.html
http://pcw.gov.ph/law/
http://www.cebujobs.ph/community/4-major-pros-andcons-that-you-should-know-about-the-rh-bill/
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/331395/gonzales-aquinosigned-rh-bill-into-law http://pcw.gov.ph/statistics/201210/statistics-filipinowomen-and-mens-health-and-family-planning