| pubmed-article:12254515 | pubmed:otherAbstract | PIP: Family planning is a public health problem that requires teamwork from a wide variety of personnel and multidisciplinary approaches. The setting for family planning assistance can be the hospital where abortions and sterilizations are performed, outpatient clinics, the physician's office, community health stations or mobile units, pharmacy dispensaries, or even the home when community family planning workers visit. The various birth control methods involve different personnel. The mechanical devices such as condoms and jellies can be handled by any worker. Oral contraceptives require a professional medical examination but then can be maintained by nurses. IUDs require a specialist for insertion and careful monitoring of any side-effects. A wide range of personnel is used in each phase of the service: contact, counseling, servicing, and follow-up. The various health personnel involved in family planning include the general practicioner, obstetrician and gynecologist, public health specialist and administrator, nurses, both auxiliary and university trained, health educators, family planning auxiliaries, traditional community workers such as midwives, and pharmacists and volunteers. | lld:pubmed |
