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Asia-Pacific Population Journal - Volume 19, Issue 4, 2005
Volume 19, Issue 4, 2005
Issued quarterly, the Asia-Pacific Population Journal is an invaluable resource containing opinions and analysis by experts on important issues related to population. It provides a medium for the international exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, technical information and data on all aspects of population.
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CNN vs. ABC: A debate not worth continuing!
Authors: Mechai Viravaidya and John AtkinsonThe debate between the protagonists of the Condoms, Needles and Negotiating Skills (CNN) and the Abstinence, Be Faithful and Use Condoms (ABC) approaches could go on forever. It is time for the proponents on each side to put aside their differences and begin working together to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. To claim that ei ther approach is superior to the other is to fail to rec ognize the potential benefits that each approach can have for various individuals, communities and cultures. We must recognize that all individuals are different. It is therefore foolish to limit our selves by this “either-or” way of thinking.
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Influences on client loyalty to reproductive health-care clinics in the Philippines and Thailand
Authors: Dana L. Alden, Julieta DelaCruz and Pongsa ViboonsantiStudies of factors that affect client loyalty to reproductive health (RH) clinics are limited. This is the case even though the International Conference on Population and Development held at Cairo in 1994 noted, among other issues, the importance of understanding how client perceptions of quality and satisfaction impact continued use of RH clinics (Ashford, 2001). From the client’s perspective, stronger clinic loyalty enhances willingness to follow treatment recommendations and keep subsequent appointments (RamaRao and others, 2003). From the clinic’s perspective, stronger loyalty results in more positive word-of-mouth and repeated visits. Visit continuity in turn increases staff’s ability to deliver quality care and reduces higher costs of recruiting new clients to replace one or two-time users (Sandaram, Mitra and Webster, 1998).
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“Successful Ageing for Singapore”?: Financial (in)security of elderly persons
Auteur: Theresa W. DevasahayamMany developed countries across the world have populations that are rapidly ageing. In East and South-East Asia, Singapore, together with Japan, the Republic of Korea and Thailand, has the fastest growing 65 years and older population (Westley, 1998: 1; Gubhaju, 2003: 3). While Japan has doubled its proportion of elderly persons from 10 to 20 per cent over 28 years, Singapore will reach this demographic leap in 17 years. In 2003, 7.6 per cent of the Singapore population was over 65 years of age (Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS)**, 2004a). Owing to improved health care, health insurance and socio-economic conditions, life expectancy has increased in Singapore with large numbers of people from the pre-war baby boom era surviving into their 60s and forming the country’s growing elderly population. According to estimates for 2004, life expectancy at birth for men stands at 76.9 of age and for females at 80.9 (Department of Statistics, 2004). As such, demographers have attested to Singapore having the fastest ageing population in the world (Ogawa, 2003: 95-96; Mehta and Vasoo, 2001: 186; ESCAP, 2002); it has been projected that its ageing population is growing at an unprecedented rate of 3.7 per cent annually (MCDS, 2004b), with the oldest-old cohort (aged 85 and above) growing the fastest (Chan, 2001: 3).
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Barriers to male participation in family planning in West Timor
Auteur: Bayu SetiawanThe International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held at Cairo in 1994 emphasized women’s role in the development process and urged governments to intensify their efforts in order to advance gender equality, equity and empowerment of women (United Nations, 1995). One of the important issues raised during ICPD was broadening the scope of family planning to address a wider range of reproductive goals. The involvement of males was one of the recommendations of the ICPD Programme of Action. Promoting women’s rights and men’s participation in reproductive matters were seen as key elements to improve reproductive health. In particular, it was argued that further progress in family planning would depend on men changing their attitude and behaviour regarding their responsibility towards reproductive health and gender issues.
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Menstrual regulation practices in Bangladesh: An unrecognized form of contraception
Authors: M. Mazharul Islam, Ubaidur Rob and Nitai ChakrabortyMenstrual regulation (MR) refers to any chemical, mechanical or surgical process used to induce menstruation and thus to establish non-pregnancy either at the time of, or within a few weeks of, the due date of the menstruation (Population Information Programme, 1973; Tietze and Murstein, 1975; Dixon-Muller, 1988). It involves the vacuum aspiration of the uterine lining and is usually done within few weeks (preferably eight weeks or less) following a missed menstrual period.
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