Postpartum sterilisation and demographic progress at Paarl Hospital
| dc.contributor.author | De Villiers, V. P. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-18T14:57:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-03-18T14:57:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: De Villiers, V. P. 1988. Postpartum sterilisation and demographic progress at Paarl Hospital. South African Medical Journal, 74:114-116. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | The success of the postpartum sterilisation campaign at Paarl Hospital, CP, irrefutably supports the claim that a quality family planning programme can in itself reduce fertility. In 1971 only 10% of women undergoing sterilisation had 4 or fewer children - this incidence increased to 71% in 1986. Women with more than 10 children are now very rarely found - in 1970 they still accounted for 20% of all patients sterilised. Parity at time of sterilisation has levelled to about 4 in contrast with 7.52 in 1971. It is probable that as many as 15000 unwanted and unplanned pregnancies have been prevented in Paarl as a result of this sustained effort. The ideal of the 2-child family is increasingly possible. | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher’s version | |
| dc.format.extent | 3 pages | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5135 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0256-9574 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7390 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Health & Medical Publishing Group | |
| dc.rights.holder | South African Medical Journal | |
| dc.subject | Sterilization (Birth control) | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Postpartum sterilisation and demographic progress at Paarl Hospital | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article |
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