The Role of Law in Public Health : The Case of Family Planning in the Phillipines  

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Mello, Michelle Marie ; Powlowski, Marcus ; Nanagas, Juan M.P. ; Bossert, Thomas

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 63 no. 2 (Jul. 2006), page 384-396.
Topik: PUBLIC HEALTH; philippines; law; public health; family planning; contraception

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.5 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Compaered to neighboring countries, the phillipines has high fertility rates and a low prevalence of modern method contraception use. The philippine government faces political and cultural barriers to addressing family planning needs, but also legal barriers erected by its own policies. We conducted a review of laws and policies relating to family planning in the philippines in order to examine how the law may gacilitate or constraic service provision. The methodology consisted of three phases. First, we collected and analyzed laws and regulating to the delivery of family planning services. Second, we conducted a quality interview study. Third, we synthesized findings to formulate policy recommendations. We present a conceptual model for understanding the impact of law on public health and discuss finding in relation to the roles of health care provider regulation, drug regulation, tax law, trade policies, insurance law and other laws on access to modern method contraceptives.

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