849 



TABLE 7.— STUDENTS RECEIVING FAMILY PLANNING AND POPULATION TRAINING IN AIO-FUNOEO COURSES 



GIVEN IN THE UNITED STATES* 



Institution and type of training .. . 



D Number 



Census Bureau: 



Population studies oo 



Data processing „ - - - — - 3| 



Sampling _ — ' 



Total Census ^09 



Planned Parenthood Association, Chicago: 



Family planning operations 'J^ 



Family planning administration and communication ^ 121 



Total PPA - - 163 



National Center for Health SUtistics: Measurement of population change *..„ 23 



East-West Center, Hawaii: Population Studies J| 



Government Affairs Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, Columbia University: Clinical training 37 



Foreign Service Institute, Department of State: Orientation in population/family planning 87 



Grand total - ^50 



•Source: AID, "Population Program Assistance," 1970, op. cit., p. 27. 



1 Participants in University of Chicago, Community and Family Studies Center, summer workshop who get 

 field training at PPA. 

 « Includes Vital Statistics, Survey Statistics, and Evaluation of Family Planning Programs. 



In addition, AID directly or indirectly assists the training of popu- 

 lation program personnel in more than 30 countries. For example, in 

 the Philippines some 1900 people underwent training at three separate 

 institutions, while training personnel of the Philippines Health De- 

 partment were themselves undergoing training in family planning in 

 order to launch a department- wide course. In Cnile more than 900 indi- 

 viduals received some form of short-term training. 



AID Assessment \of Program Reqmrements 



Nevertheless, the number of people being trained in f arnily planning 

 and allied fields seems likely to fall far short of the requirements pro- 

 jected for the next decade. To train sufficient nimibers would appear 

 to require a greater cooperative effort, involving the developing coun- 

 tries, other donor countries, and international agencies, as well as the 

 United States. AID itself, in the evaluation it conducts of its pro- 



§rams and projects, reached the following conclusions at its 1970 

 pring Review ; i36 



First, family planning programs need to stress quality as well as 

 quantity. Initial emphasis on c^uantitative targets could be self-de- 

 feating. Second, greater emphasis should be placed on the private sec- 

 tor, that is, on people who do not utilize clinics and hospitals. Abor- 

 tion, of considerable importance in reducing fertility in countries 

 where it is legal, also warrants increased attention. Third, younger 

 "lower parity mothers, mothers with fewer living children, should be 

 reached with newer techniques like the pill. Present programs tend to 

 reach older individuals who have already had several children. 

 Fourth, family planning services should not be held back when more 

 comprehensive health programs are lacking, even though it is ex- 

 tremely beneficial for a family planning system to operate in relation 



»» Ibid., page 28. 



