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    Family planning refers to practices that help individuals or couples attain objectives related to controlling birth rates and spacing of pregnancies. Methods include barrier methods like condoms and diaphragms, hormonal methods like pills and implants, intrauterine devices (IUDs), sterilization procedures, LAM (lactational amenorrhea method), and emergency contraception. Pharmacists can educate patients and counsel them to choose the most appropriate family planning method based on their needs while ensuring legal and ethical standards are followed.

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    Family Planning

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    Family planning refers to practices that help individuals or couples attain objectives related to controlling birth rates and spacing of pregnancies. Methods include barrier methods like condoms and diaphragms, hormonal methods like pills and implants, intrauterine devices (IUDs), sterilization procedures, LAM (lactational amenorrhea method), and emergency contraception. Pharmacists can educate patients and counsel them to choose the most appropriate family planning method based on their needs while ensuring legal and ethical standards are followed.

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    Family planning refers to practices that help individuals or couples attain objectives related to controlling birth rates and spacing of pregnancies. Methods include barrier methods like condoms and diaphragms, hormonal methods like pills and implants, intrauterine devices (IUDs), sterilization procedures, LAM (lactational amenorrhea method), and emergency contraception. Pharmacists can educate patients and counsel them to choose the most appropriate family planning method based on their needs while ensuring legal and ethical standards are followed.

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    FAMILY PLANNING

    FAMILY PLANNING
    Family planning refers to practice that help individuals or
    couples to attain certain objectives
     To avoid unwanted births
     To bring about wanted births
     To regulate the intervals between pregnancies
     To control the time at which births occur in relation to
    ages of the parents
     To determine the number of children in the family
    FAMILY PLANNING
    How can family planning help
     Healthier mothers and children
     Fewer pregnancies means less risks
     Fewer children means more time and money
    for each one
     Delaying pregnancy
     Resource management
    FAMILY PLANNING
    METHODS OF FAMILY PLANNING
     Barrier Methods
     Hormonal Methods
     IUDs (Intrauterine Devices)
     Permanent Methods
    BARRIER METHODS
     Barrier methods work by physically preventing the
    man’s sperm from joining with the woman’s egg
     Diaphragm Cap
     Condoms (Male & Female)
     Spermicides
     Intra-uterine Device (IUD)
    Intrauterine Device: IUD
     Put into the womb by a doctor
     Can last for 5 or 10 years
     Can be removed when the woman decides she wants to
    get pregnant or at any other time
    Hormones and Hormonal Methods
    • When a woman uses a hormonal
    method of family planning, she puts
    hormones in her body that prevent
    her from getting pregnant by
     Preventing her body from releasing
    an egg
     Making it harder for the sperm to
    reach the egg
     Keeping the egg from sticking inside
    the womb
    Hormonal Methods
     The Pill Woman takes  The Patch Woman
    one pill every day at the wears on her skin and
    same time changes once a week
    Hormonal Methods
     Implants: Inserted into  The Shot : Woman gets
    the woman’s arm by a a shot every 3 months
    doctor
     Work for up to 3 years
    Breast feeding as a family planning method

    Works only if:


     The baby is less than 6 months old
     The woman breastfeeds the baby every 6 hours and the
    baby eats no other food
     Her monthly bleeding cycle hasn’t started yet
    NATURAL METHOD - PAPPAYA
     The seeds of the papaya could actually serve as an
    effective male contraceptive.
     Papaya seeds, taken daily, could cut a man’s sperm
    count to zero and was safe for long-term use
     Best of all, the sterility was reversible: If the man
    stopped taking the seeds, his sperm count would return
    to normal.
    PERMANENT METHODS
     The operation for a man is called a VASECTOMY
     The operation for a woman is called a TUBAL
    LIGATION
    Emergency Family Planning
     If a man and a woman have sex without using any
    method of family planning, there are pills that a
    woman can take AFTERWARDS to prevent pregnancy,
    called “Emergency Contraception”
    Acts by
     Temporarily blocking eggs from being released
     Stopping fertilization,
     Keeping a fertilized egg from becoming implanted in
    the uterus
    Emergency Family Planning
     The emergency contraceptive pill regimen
    recommended by WHO is one dose of levonorgestrel
    1.5 mg, taken within five days (120 hours) of
    unprotected intercourse
     Prevent pregnancy by preventing or delaying
    ovulation.
     They may also work to prevent fertilization of an egg
    by affecting the cervical mucus or the ability of sperm
    to bind to the egg.
    Emergency Family Planning
     They are not effective once the process of implantation
    has begun, and they will not cause abortion.
     Regimen is 52–94% effective in preventing pregnancy
     95% of expected pregnancies when taken within 24
    hours of sex
     85% if taken within 25-48 hours
     58% if taken within 49-72 hours
     The regimen is more effective the sooner after
    intercourse
    ROLE OF PHARMACIST
     Education
     Pharmaceutical services related to family planning
    products
     Patient counseling : Possess adequate family planning
    knowledge and counseling skills
     Important source of supply for contraceptives : A
    range of family planning commodities is kept in stock
    and offered at affordable prices
     Know the legal & regulatory policies

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