THIRTY YEARS OF FAMILY PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION IN SLOVENIA
THIRTY YEARS OF FAMILY PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION IN SLOVENIA
Author(s): Dunja Obersnel Kveder, Lidija Andolšek Jeras, Barbara RojnikSubject(s): Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: Family planning; Slovenia;
Summary/Abstract: Family planning programmes were introduced in Slovenia 35 years ago. Births were planned more successfully than pregnancies. The prevailing family planning method in the first stage was abortion, later on contraceptive use. Despite a consistent improvement in family planning and a decreased number of abortions, the maternal mortality rate among Slovenian women is still by three to five times higher than elsewhere in the developed world. Maternal mortality among adolescents is by three times higher than among older women, and their infants die more often than those born to older women. This makes adolescent pregnancies the most important risk factor for reproductive health.
Journal: Društvena istraživanja - Časopis za opća društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 8/1999
- Issue No: 40+41
- Page Range: 253-266
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English