Family Planning (Contraception)

This is a brief to the point course for family planning. Everything About family planning its definition, goals, scope and health aspects. Information about some general terms used in family planning like for example eligible couple, Target couple, Couple protection rate ( CPR)  and cafeteria choice. Detail about what is Contraception and what are various methods which are divided in spacing methods and terminal methods. Explanation about Physical barrier Methods like male condom, female condom, diaphragm cup and vaginal sponge and their advantages and disadvantages. Chemical methods like spermicide foams, creams, suppositories and soluble and their advantages and disadvantages. Intrauterine contraceptive devices its types and generations and their advantages, disadvantages and contraindications. Hormonal contraceptives like combined pills, POP (norethisterone and levogorgestrel) and Depot formulations like implants and vaginal rings and collectively all advantages, disadvantages and contraindication of hormonal methods. Sterilization like vasectomy and tubal ligation and their advantages and disadvantages. Natural methods like calendar methods and coitus interruptus. Evaluation of contraceptive methods (pearl index) and life table analysis. Calculation of Pearl index. Explanation of medical terms in calculation like Failure rate HWY, Total accidental pregnancies and total months of exposure. And at the last of the course there is total recap of the course and it is ensured all knowledge that is present in course is successfully delivered to the learners