title: Service provider attitudes toward natural family planning.
abstract: "Our study...addresses the issue of availability of NFP [natural family planning] within the established family planning provider setting--clinics and private practice.... The data for this study were gathered by means of questionnaires administered by mail to clinic administrators and service providers, OB/GYN physicians in private practice, and NFP-only providers...in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties in California.... The principal analytical goal in this research is to determine the effect that service provider attitudes may have on the availability of NFP....Our research has indicated that the single most identifiable barrier to the availability of NFP is the negative attitude of physicians toward the method, prompted by their skepticism about its use-effectiveness."
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Weeks
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D002140:California; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D019049:Developed Countries; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005193:Family Planning Services; D006262:Health; D006282:Health Personnel; D006285:Health Planning; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D019359:Knowledge; D009656:North America; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010820:Physicians; D011584:Psychology; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Attitude; Behavior; California; Contraception; Contraceptive Availability--determinants; Contraceptive Effectiveness; Contraceptive Usage; Delivery Of Health Care; Developed Countries; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs; Family Planning, Behavioral Methods; Health; Health Personnel; Knowledge; Method Acceptability; Natural Family Planning; North America; Northern America; Physicians; Psychological Factors; United States; Use-effectiveness