Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Family Planning

Family planning is the practice of determining the number and spacing of children through informed use of contraception, fertility awareness, and related reproductive-health services. As a core component of sexual and reproductive health, it reduces maternal and child morbidity and mortality, supports women's autono…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 31× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-2818 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Family planning is the practice of determining the number and spacing of children through informed use of contraception, fertility awareness, and related reproductive-health services. As a core component of sexual and reproductive health, it reduces maternal and child morbidity and mortality, supports women's autonomy and education, and carries substantial demographic and economic implications, particularly in low- and middle-income settings. Effective programs address contraceptive access and counseling, post-abortion care, adolescent reproductive health, maternal and child health integration, and the social, cultural, and religious determinants of uptake. The peer-reviewed research collected here reflects this scope, including studies of family planning and religious belief in relation to family growth, post-abortion contraception for safe abortion care, reproductive-health knowledge and service utilization among rural adolescents, and factors influencing teenage pregnancy. Further contributions examine women's empowerment and the integration of traditional maternal and child healthcare with national health systems, and community health-worker delivery of care. Recurring themes include contraceptive access and counseling, adolescent and rural reproductive health, the sociocultural and religious context of fertility decisions, and family planning's integration within maternal and child health systems. Together these contributions frame family planning as a health and development intervention whose success depends on service availability, education, and sensitivity to the cultural realities of the populations it serves.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 31 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Family Planning, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Fertility Biomarkers (ISSN 2576-2818).

Journal editorial board
Reshef Tal · United States Weihua Wang · United States

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