The Danfa Family Planning Program in Rural Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10797369 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel A Ampofo, David Nicholas (0000-0003-4480-322X), David D Nicholas, S Ofosu-Amaah, Stewart N Blumenfeld, Stewart Blumenfeld, Alfred K Neumann |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 266 |
| Publication date | 1976-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1966342 |
| PMID | 973241 |
| OpenAlex | W2052727161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 1 |
The objectives of the Danfa Family Planning Program in rural Ghana are to provide family planning services to the people in the region and to conduct research into ways of making these services as effective and accessible as possible within given resource limitations. The effort is made to describe the planning and operating experience of the program during its 1st 2 1/2 years. In order to test the hypotheses and satisfy service, research, and teaching objectives, the region in which the project operates was divided into 4 areas with each area receiving different service inputs. This division was related to the following arguments with the 4th area used as a control area to learn how much family planning occurs in the absence of special health, education, and family planning programs: 1) couples will want to limit the number of their children only if they perceive that they need no longer fear that several of them will die before reaching adulthood; 2) the most cost-effective approach is to provide family planning services in conjunction with an intensive educational program promoting good health practices and family planning but without comprehensive health services; and 3) by amking family planning services available without concern for comprehensive health services or a special education program, adequate acceptance of family planning and a favorable fertility change at minimum cost will be achieved. The 4 research areas covering about 200 square miles are located in a rural region 8-50 miles north of Accra, the capital of Ghana, and have a population of 60,000. It was learned that it is easier to operate a family planning program in this region of rural Ghana than had originally been anticipated and that education about the benefits of family planning and the methods available along with accessibility to services are 2 elements that are crucial to the success of a family planning program in this setting
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2024 (47) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |