Population Stabilization and Birth Control
- Factors such as a rapid decline in the death rate, infant mortality rate (IMR), the maternal mortality rate (MMR), and a sharp rise in the reproducible age are deemed to be contributing factors to the population’s exponential rise from the time of independence until May 2011.
- As a result of the alarming growth rate that has resulted in a scarcity of basic necessities, the government has been forced to take tough measures.
- The RCH (Reproductive Child Health) program was only marginally effective in slowing population growth.
- The most important measure to slow population growth is to encourage people to have smaller families through the use of various contraceptives.
- Other measures included familiarising slogans (Hum do Hamare do), the statutory raising of both male and female marriageable ages, incentives for couples with smaller families, and so on.
- Natural/traditional methods (periodic abstinence), IUDs, barriers (diaphragms, condoms, cervical caps, vaults), oral contraceptives (pills), implants, surgical methods (sterilization), injectables, and other methods are available.
Reaching The Age Of Adolescence – Reproductive Health
Adolescence, derived from the Latin adolescere, which means “to grow up,” is a stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs between puberty and legal adulthood (age of majority). Adolescence is most closely associated with the adolescent years, though its physical, psychological, and cultural manifestations can begin earlier and end later. Adolescence is the period in a child’s life when he or she reaches reproductive maturity. A number of changes occur in the body to indicate this. Puberty is the process by which these changes occur. It starts around the age of 10 and lasts until the age of 19. The teenage years are the years of adolescence.
Adolescence can be divided into three stages: early adolescence (generally ages eleven to fourteen), middle adolescence (ages fifteen to seventeen), and late adolescence (ages eighteen to twenty-one). These years include seven key intellectual, psychological, and social developmental tasks in addition to physiological growth. The primary goal of these tasks is to help students develop their own identities and prepare for adulthood.