family planning program
1Family resource program — Family resource programs are community based organizations that support families in a variety of ways. Examples include family resource centres, family places, family centres and neighbourhood houses. They can also be linked to schools, community …
2Family planning — [http://www.who.int/topics/family planning/en/ WHO | Family planning ] ] . Family planning is sometimes used as a synonym for the use of birth control, though it often includes more.It is most usually applied to the circumstance of a monogamous… …
3family planning — 1. the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, esp. for economic reasons. 2. (loosely) birth control. [1935 40] * * * Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of… …
4Family planning in Iran — Between 1956 and 1986 Iran s population grew at a rate of more than 3 percent per year. The growth rate began to decline in the mid 1980s after the government initiated a major population control program. By 2007 the growth rate had declined to 0 …
5family planning — fam′ily plan′ning n. 1) med a program for determining the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies 2) med (loosely) birth control • Etymology: 1935–40 …
6Red Triangle, Family Planning — An inverted Red Triangle is the symbol for family planning health and contraception services, much as the red cross is a symbol for medical services. It is especially prevalent in many developing nations (such as India, Ghana, Gambia, Zimbabwe,… …
7Family preservation — was the movement to help keep children at home with their families rather than in foster homes or institutions. This movement was a reaction to the earlier policy of Family Breakup, which pulled children out of unfit homes. Extreme poverty alone… …
8Family life education — (FLE) is the effort made by several American professional organizations and universities to strengthen families through social science education. Definition The premier professional organization in the U.S. for Family Life Educators, the… …
9Family values — is a political and social concept used in various cultures to describe values that are believed to be traditional in that culture and in support of the idea that nuclear families are the basic units of culture. The phrase has different meanings… …
10planning — noun 1. an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action (Freq. 25) the planning was more fun than the trip itself • Derivationally related forms: ↑plan • Hypernyms: ↑preparation, ↑readying • …
