Research article summary (published 23 Mar 1978):

Preventing unplanned pregnancies.

Full Abstract

A two-year study was undertaken in 1975--1976 to plan, implement and evaluate innovatory family planning educational and service delivery pilot projects, among those at-risk in Sydney. The study was done in three stages, described in the three parts of this paper. Part 1 describes the process of analyzing the major factors and outcomes in unplanned pregnancy and determining some characteristics of women experiencing unplanned pregnancies, from abortion and adoption records. The characteristics analyzed are: are, marital status, occupation, socio-economic status, and ethnic group. Part II describes the process of determing acceptable communication channels and services they would use. Twenty-five women were interviewed in each of eight at-risk categories. Recommendations are made about suitable educational methods, and family planning services. Part 3 describes the implementation and evaluation of pilot projects. Four major projects are described: (i) in a two lower socio-economic housing area(s), (ii) among Greek men, (iii) among South Americans, and (iv) in two factories. Recommendations are made about future educational programmes and services.

Author information

Author/s: Hawken, C (C);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Medical journal of Australia (Med J Aust), published in AUSTRALIA. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1978-Mar; vol 1 (issue 6) : pp 344-51

Dates: Created 1978/08/14; Completed 1978/08/14; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 661707, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adolescent Adult Australia Family Planning Services Female Greece - ethnology Health Education Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans

Male Marriage Middle Aged Occupational Health Services Occupations Pilot Projects Pregnancy Risk South America - ethnology

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