Incentives, reproductive behavior, and integrated community development in Asia.
Surveying experience with incentives, disincentives, and integrated community development approaches in selected Asian countries, this overview defines concepts, notes policy trends, and discusses ethical and legal constraints, psychosocial and socioeconomic aspects, and cultural-environmental influences on reproductive behavior. Major emphasis is on experience reported from China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Findings to date suggest that, to be successful, programs using incentives, disincentives, and integrated community development approaches will have to be formulated as consistent, clearly defined, and well-communicated policies, responsive to development needs and sensitive to local autonomy and values, with dynamic leadership to obtain and nurture continued policy backing.
D001208:Asia; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003906:Developing Countries; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011640:Public Policy