Values clarification as a technique for family planning education
Toohey, J.V.; Valenzuela, G.J.
Journal of School Health 53(2): 121-125
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-4391 PMID: 6550677 DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1983.tb07799.xDocument Number: 392953
A Spanish language family planning education program utilizing the dynamics of values clarification has been designed and implemented in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The program design features 3 basic personality identification activities to help individuals identify other dimensions of adult life expression than childrearing. In addition, a series of simple and precise scenarios specifically related to family planning are presented. Each scenario is accompanied by a set of valuing questions which direct the learner to respond to the scenario. The activity booklet is entitled "Clarificacion De Valores En La Planificacion Familiar." The booklet requires the learner to make responses to the learning materials. Responses are then used as a basis for inferring that people are comprehending and above all personalizing knowledge about themselves and their culture and family planning. The program is cross-cultural and can be used in Spanish-speaking communities in the US. Its English language form can be used with English-speaking target populations. Statistical analysis of 7 critical categories of the program indicated that the shifts in attitudes from pre- to post-values, whether positive or negative (desirable or undesirable) were not significant at the .05 level of confidence. It should, however, be noted that small shifts in the rate of natural increase, or rate of natural decrease for population growth can have a dramatic effect on population growth when multiplied by time.