ABSTRACT
This report gives the preliminary results of a pretest cosponsored by the International Fertility Research Program and the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. It includes data on 33 116 deliveries in 20 maternity centers in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The findings are organized around four themes: (a) family formation and reproductive history, (b) family health, (c) management of this delivery and (d) desired family size and family planning practices.
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Maternal Health Services/standards , Adult , Africa , Asia , Delivery, Obstetric , Europe , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Family Characteristics , Family Planning Services , Female , Humans , Latin America , Pregnancy , ReproductionABSTRACT
PIP: The reasons that often render contraceptive measures in young girls are explained and the various contraceptive methods and their special indications and contraindications in the case of adolescents are discussed. The advantages and dangers of oral hormonal contraceptives in adolescents are discussed in greater detail, because of a possible harmful influence on the establishment of a normal functioning of the hypothalamus-hypophysis-ovary systerm, which often is very delicate at an early age. The usefulness of special gynecoligic examinations for adolescents is emphasized; such examinations would also be useful to provide education on contraceptive methods as part of a more general sex education program.^ieng