RE: NFP resources and general info

[Guest guest]

Dr. Fehring, you write in Ethics and Medics, Feb. 2006, that " relatively few

couples in the United States use modern methods of NFP (only about 120,000)

.... " citing Advance Data of cdc.

The data cited for the year 2002 is .02% " using periodic abstinence -

natural family planning " which comes out to 123,00 users as you report. But

your report does not include the .07% in the line above who use " Periodic

abstinence - calendar rhythm " (431,000). Nor does it include the 38% " not

using contrception " (23,392,000) among whom 7.4% (4,555,000) " had

intercourse in 3 months before interview. " Furthermore, the survey was

conducted under the title " current contraceptive status " a title that might

confuse users of nfp. Would you care to comment?

The Mainichi Survey (Japan) has ceased its bi-ennial surveys since

1991 I believe, but its report of that year indicated that one of six

couples in Japan, wife in the age category of 20-29, use the temperature

method. Numbers are small, but the surveyers also indicated that an

extrapolation pointed to about a million couples in Japan who were using

periodic abstinence without contraceptives.

Fr. Zimmerman. .

Re: NFP resources and general info

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> Thanks for the input.

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> I do have a few resources, and have been able to

> preview an article on a natural method of family

> planning that will be in the issue.

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> Do any of you have readily available, a list of

> references for recent studies of effectiveness ??

> I have a couple, but more than one pair of eyes is

> always better in my opinion.

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> I plan to quote the effectiveness rate next to the

> Name of the Method, and will be including a web

> address for the official organization affiliated with

> it.

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> On that note, should I be including the WOOMB address

> or another for the Billings Method?

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> As said, when it is done, the sheet will be

> available to the general public for copying. (My name

> won't even appear on it). I believe the planned

> publication date is this fall.

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> Another note, I will include a sentence or two that

> references culture and faith generally, but it will

> not be specific, nor will it compare and contrast with

> hormonal and barrier contraception.

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> (though I could do that in another venue!!)

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> Sandrock, CNM

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> Creighton Model Fertility Care System

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> Nurse-Midwife/Practitioner Intern

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> my online bookstore...

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> http://familyfriendlybooksetc.spreadtheword.com

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