Visualize world population education
Ramirez, E.
Educator's Update 3(6): 1-3
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 1092-2687 PMID: 12349148 Document Number: 282600
The author visited Asia as an Affiliate International Intern during January-February 1999. His experience working with the Bangkok regional office of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's (PPFA) Family Planning International Assistance (FPIA) and family planning projects in the Philippines and Bangladesh showed him how Planned Parenthood affiliates need to increase their commitment to international family planning. Planned Parenthood's education departments can play a major role toward that end. The 3 FPIA projects in Manila provide outreach, sexuality education, and the community-based distribution of contraceptives in very poor areas. They target youths involved in or at risk of becoming involved in prostitution. Barriers to effective outreach are largely organizational, and not in the field. Increasing outreach worker training and continuing education, organizational support strategies, and new outreach strategies were discussed with project staff. 4 days of training were subsequently conducted with project staff on educational/therapeutic encounters regarding sexuality. The author also worked with the FPIA regional office staff in Bangkok and the Bangladesh Association for the Prevention of Septic Abortion in Dhaka.