{"id":51340,"date":"2019-08-17T17:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T12:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=51340"},"modified":"2019-08-17T17:47:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T12:17:54","slug":"answered-population-control-efforts-need-a-focus-on-behavioural-change-at-the-societal-level-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-population-control-efforts-need-a-focus-on-behavioural-change-at-the-societal-level-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cPopulation control efforts need a focus on behavioural change at the societal level.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction.<\/strong> Contextual Introduction.
Body.<\/strong> Importance of behavioural change in population control.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

India is looking for a viable policy to control population growth since population explosion. Although it was the first country to adopt a family planning program, in 1952, the country is still growing by 15.5 million people each year and will overtake China soon in term of population of any country. Population control efforts require multi-pronged actions especially focussing on behavioural aspect of citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importance of behavioural\nchange in population control:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The success of population education and family\nplanning programmes demand informed individuals to act responsibly in the light\nof their own needs and those of their families and communities. Many in Indian\nsociety don\u2019t feel responsibility to control population explosion. A\nresponsible behaviour need to be developed in the society.<\/li>
  2. The principle of informed free choice is\nessential to the long-term success of family planning programmes. Any form of\ncoercion will not be effective. Rather a behaviour of satisfaction and\naccepting benefits of small family is needed.<\/li>
  3. Over the past century, many governments have\nexperimented with schemes, including specific incentives and disincentives, in\norder to lower and raise fertility. Most such schemes have had only marginal\nimpact on fertility and, in some cases, have been counter-productive. Behavioural\nchange is needed in form of accepting the seriousness of population explosion.<\/li>
  4. A behaviour of using protective sexual measure would\nnot only ensure  safety but will prevent\nunwanted pregnancy due to unsafe behaviour.<\/li>
  5. An integrated approach linking population action\nto development, including human development, women\u2019s empowerment, gender\nequality and the needs of young people is important to control population\ngrowth. This demand change in patriarchal mindset.<\/li>
  6. A behaviour change is needed in people to\nacknowledge the importance of gender inequity and social\/economic disparities\nas major barriers. Increasing women\u2019s voice and change in women behaviour in\nreproductive decisions is critical. <\/li>
  7. Increased benefits of birth control, better\nchild survival, and strengthened social security are known factors. But still\nmany go for repeated pregnancies either in want of more child or for preference\nof son. What is required is a behaviour change for accepting girl as equal to boy\nand to decrease preferences fir male child.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Women who have little access to health and education and those caught in a cycle of poverty, produce more and more children. Women empowerment can contribute significantly in population control measures. Thus the Union government and states with a higher TFR, should focus on overall social development instead of coercive population control measures. They should provide an enabling environment in which couples voluntarily opt for, and feel safe about, limiting their family size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Importance of behavioural change in population control. Conclusion. Way forward. India is looking for a viable policy to control population growth since population explosion. Although it was the first country to adopt a family planning program, in 1952, the country is still growing by 15.5 million people… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cPopulation control efforts need a focus on behavioural change at the societal level.\u201d Comment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51340","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}