Reproductive Health and Family Planning
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Flashcards covering the essentials of reproductive health and family planning concepts, rights, programs, methods, and indicators.
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Reproductive Health
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being concerning the reproductive system and its functions.
Reproductive Rights
The rights related to reproductive decision-making, including voluntary choice in marriage and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to reproduce.
Life Cycle Approach
An approach emphasizing that reproductive health is a lifelong concern for both women and men, spanning from infancy to old age.
Family Planning
Practices that help couples attain certain objectives such as avoiding unwanted births, planning wanted births, and determining family size.
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Education that provides information about human sexuality, including skills for making healthy decisions regarding sexual health.
Natural Contraception Methods
Methods such as fertility awareness-based methods, abstinence, and withdrawal used to prevent pregnancy.
Modern Contraception Methods
Methods including barrier methods, hormonal methods, IUDs, and surgical sterilization used to prevent pregnancy.
Unmet Need for Contraception
The percentage of women who wish to avoid pregnancy but are not using any contraceptive method.
Demographic Dividend
The economic growth that may result from shifts in a population's age structure, usually when the working-age population is larger than the non-working-age population.
Public Health Indicators
Measurements used to assess the effectiveness of health programs, including family planning services, such as contraceptive prevalence rates and unmet needs.
What is the definition of reproductive health?
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being concerning the reproductive system and its functions.
What are reproductive rights?
The rights related to reproductive decision-making, including voluntary choice in marriage and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to reproduce.
What does the life cycle approach to reproductive health emphasize?
It emphasizes that reproductive health is a lifelong concern for both women and men, spanning from infancy to old age.
What is family planning?
Practices that help couples attain certain objectives such as avoiding unwanted births, planning wanted births, and determining family size.
What is comprehensive sexuality education?
Education that provides information about human sexuality, including skills for making healthy decisions regarding sexual health.
What are natural contraception methods?
Methods such as fertility awareness-based methods, abstinence, and withdrawal used to prevent pregnancy.
What are modern contraception methods?
Methods including barrier methods, hormonal methods, IUDs, and surgical sterilization used to prevent pregnancy.
What is the unmet need for contraception?
The percentage of women who wish to avoid pregnancy but are not using any contraceptive method.
What is the demographic dividend?
The economic growth that may result from shifts in a population's age structure, usually when the working-age population is larger than the non-working-age population.
What are public health indicators?
Measurements used to assess the effectiveness of health programs, including family planning services, such as contraceptive prevalence rates and unmet needs.