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Emerciana de Jesus and Luzviminda Ilagan wanted to delete three provisions which state that "gender equality and women empowerment are central elements of reproductive health and population and development", which integrate responsible parenthood and family planning programs into anti-poverty initiatives, and which name the Commission on ...
In 2018, the journal published a special online issue, The Evolution of Family Planning Programs, edited by John Bongaarts. [2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.478, ranking it 10th out of 28 journals in the category "Demography". [3]
The program rejects abortion as a means to control fertility. Abortion is illegal, and the program will never consider it as a family planning method. (See also: Abortion in the Philippines) The program promotes self-reliance and multi-sectoral participation. It gives priority to projects that are self-sustaining and with community participation.
A 2017 paper found that parents' access to family planning programs had a positive economic impact on their subsequent children: "Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs between 1964 and 1973, we find that children born after programs began had 2.8% higher household incomes.
Maternal health is the health of people during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.In most cases, maternal health encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care in order to ensure a positive and fulfilling experience.
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is a government-owned and controlled corporation of the Philippine National Government. It was established in September 1977 to conduct research to help government planners. Its primary client is the National Economic and Development Authority. PIDS was established by Presidential Decree ...
The impact factor relates to a specific time period; it is possible to calculate it for any desired period. For example, the JCR also includes a five-year impact factor, which is calculated by dividing the number of citations to the journal in a given year by the number of articles published in that journal in the previous five years. [14] [15]
Other studies have similarly shown that family planning programs can reduce the maternal mortality rate associated with childbirth. The maternal death rate in developing countries is much higher than in developed countries. [3] Additionally, family planning programs help reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV ...