00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862409481 Buklod 20210623133530.0 m | | ta 210623s2010 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00041064315 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-3599 David, Clarissa C. author. Exploring the relationship between interpersonal communication and use of modern method family planning in the Philippines Clarissa C. David and Jenna Mae L. Atun. 2010. pages 17-37 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-37). This study seeks to describe the different social influence sources and processes that affect people?s attitudes and behaviors regarding the use of modern methods of family planning and the realization of fertility desires. Through qualitative in-depth interviews and focused group discussions, we found that age, marital status, urban residence and gender are some of the factors that determine the source and direction of social influence. Women?s social networks are generally supportive of modern method use, but their partners are not. Their sources of influence include mothers, sisters and other female members of the extended family. Men?s social networks on the other hand, which consist of brothers and groups of friends, are a venue for the spread of myths and fallacies about condoms and hormonal contraceptives. Community norms about the inappropriateness of premarital sex and of not marrying a woman that one gets pregnant are learned through parents primarily. Implications on interventions campaign planning are discussed. Family planning. Contraception Population. Interpersonal communication. Diffusion. Atun, Jenna Mae L. author. Plaridel : A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society Vol. 10, Number 1 (February 2010), p. 17-37. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 (viewed 23 June 2021) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-3599 Analytics