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Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
government programs.
TOPICS:
• Responsible Parenthood
• Family Planning
• Pre-Pregnancy Services
Responsible Parenthood
Refers to the will and ability of a parent to respond to the needs and
aspirations of the family and children. It is likewise a shared responsibility
between parents to determine and achieve the desired number of children,
spacing and timing of their children according to their own family life
aspirations, taking into account psychological preparedness, health status,
sociocultural and economic concerns consistent with their religious
convictions (Congress ofthe Philippines, 2012)
13 Sexual Reproductive
Rights
1. The Right to Life
• This means, among other things, that no woman’s life should be put at risk by
reason of pregnancy, gender or lack of access to health information and services.
This also includes the right to be safe and satisfying sex life.
• This includes, among other things, freedom from discrimination because of one’s
sexuality and reproductive life choices.
4. The Right to Privacy
•This means that all sexual and reproductive health care services should be confidential in
terms of physical set-up, information given or shared by the clients, and access to records or
reports.
• This includes the right of sexual and reproductive health service of clients
to avail of the new reproductive health technologies that are safe,
effective, and acceptable.
• This includes the rights of all women, men and young people to protection from
reproductive health, the right to education and information, and the right to
choose and make decisions for themselves in accordance with their religious
parenthood.
• to protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution and
equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.
• protect and advance the right of families in particular and the people in general
to a balanced and healthful environment in accord with the rhythm and harmony
of nature.
• recognizes and guarantees the promotion and equal protection of the welfare
and rights of children, the youth, and the unborn.
Section 4.04
• All accredited public health facilities shall provide a full range of modern
family planning methods, which shall also include medical consultations,
supplies and necessary and reasonable procedures for poor and
marginalized couples having infertility issues who desire to have children.
• The LGUs, with assistance of the DOH, shall ensure that all public health
facilities within the Service Delivery Network shall provide full, age,
capacity, and development-appropriate information and services on all
methods of modern family planning to all clients
These services include, but are not limited
to the following:
• Fertility awareness and family planning information and education;
• Infertility services;
Any minor who consults at health care facilities shall be given age-
health. Health care facilities shall dispense health products and perform
wide health system shall carry out measures to reduce the unmet need
The couple has the right to determine the number of children they want to have
provided they can support the needs and provide better life to their children
2. Child Spacing
new pregnancy and more time for the couple and other children to establish a
Abortion is considered illegal based on Philippine Law and culture. It is mandated that
preservation of life of the fetus be observed regardless if the his or her condition. The
1987 Constitution protects the life of the unborn from the moment of conception
4. Informed Choice
The couple has the right to determine the kind of family planning method/s based on
their religious beliefs, culture, ethical values subject to conformity with the universally
recognized international human rights. It is the responsibility of the nurse to discuss
full details of pros and cons
Benefits of Family
Planning
Appropriate family planning has several benefits not only to the mother,
but also to the children and the spouse. These benefits include the
following:
1. Benefits to the mother
• Gives more time for her family and own personal advancement
• When suffering from illness, gives enough time for treatment and
recovery
2. Benefits to children
• Will get the attention, security, love and care they deserve
It is important that family planning methods are widely available and easily
accessible through midwives and other trained health workers to anyone
who is sexually active, including adolescents. Clinicians, nurses, midwives,
community health workers, and other trained health workers are in the
position to promote family planning among sexually-active individuals by
promoting the use of culturally acceptable birth control or contraceptive
methods (WHO, 2018).
In most developing countries, like the Philippines,
several women of reproductive age who wishes to
avoid pregnancy do not use modern approaches
because of the following reasons:
(I) limited choice of methods
Modern Method
Combined oral
0.3
contraceptives (COCs) or 7
Prevents the release of eggs
“the pill”
from the ovaries (ovulation)
Thickens cervical
Progestogen only mucous to block sperm 0.2
4
injectable and egg from meeting
and prevents ovulation
Forms a barrier to
Male condoms prevent sperm and egg 2 13
from meeting
Forms a barrier to
5
Female condoms prevent sperm and egg 21
from meeting
Effectiveness:
Effectiveness:
pregnancies per 100
pregnancies per 100
Method How it works women per year with
women per year as
consistent and correct
commonly used
use
Prevents pregnancy by
Standard Days Method avoiding unprotected
5 12
or SDM vaginal sex during most
fertile days.
Effectiveness:
Effectiveness:
pregnancies per 100
pregnancies per 100
Method How it works women per year with
women per year as
consistent and correct
commonly used
use
Prevents pregnancy by
Basal Body Reliable effectiveness
avoiding unprotected
Temperature (BBT) rates are not available
vaginal sex during fertile
Method
days
Prevents pregnancy by
avoiding unprotected 4
Two Day Method 14
vaginal sex during most
fertile days,
Prevents pregnancy by
Sympto-thermal avoiding unprotected
<1 2
Method vaginal sex during most
fertile
Effectiveness:
Effectiveness:
pregnancies per 100
pregnancies per 100
Method How it works women per year with
women per year as
consistent and correct
commonly used
use
Natural Method
The couple prevents
pregnancy by avoiding Reliable effectiveness
Calendar method or 15
unprotected vaginal sex rates are not available
rhythm method
during the 1st and last
estimated fertile days, by
abstaining or using a
condom.
2. Iron and Folate: 60 mg elemental iron with 400 micrograms folic acid tablet
daily for 3-6 months
3. Iodized oil capsule with 200 mg iodine I capsule for I year (women ages 15-45)
5. Nutrition counselling