This review of natural family planning (NFP) focuses on the following: components of the fertile phase; sympto-thermal methods; the history and methodology of NFP (calendar rhythm, basal body temperat...
Johnson JH et al., 1986Family Planning Perspectives
There has been an increase in interest in natural family planning (NFP) in recent years. The Roman Catholic Church and other groups sympathetic to NFP philosophy have pressured the US Agency for Inter...
Fertility Awareness > Policy and Politics > International FundingFertility Awareness > Methods > Sympto-Thermal MethodEthics/Philosophy > Family Planning Policy > Religious Perspectives
Klaus H, 1983Journal of American College Health : J of ACH
Despite skepticism on the part of the health care delivery system, increasing numbers of women and couples are relying on natural family planning methods to avoid or achieve pregnancy. Most clients re...
All forms of birth control require some motivation, and motivation calls for understanding. If a woman learns to interpret her own cycles, her understanding of her body will be enhanced, and this coul...
Body Literacy > Education > Nursing and MidwiferyFertility Awareness > Methods > Sympto-Thermal MethodMenstrual Cycle > Physiology > Cycle Interpretation and Signs