title: Promoting maternal health through family planning in Nigeria.
abstract: In 1987, Nigeria embarked on family health initiative as a matter of policy to improve maternal and child health. The prevalent rate of use of modern method of contraceptives for the whole nation is about 6% whereas the figure for high school teachers in Remo division of Ogun state is 44.8%. High school teachers are respected in the various communities and occupy middle grade socio-economic status. As the link between the youths and the adult population there is a role for them to play in the family health initiative in the country.
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authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Opaneye
mesh_terms: D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000193:education; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D009549:Nigeria