Family Planning

1.3 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

Its important to make it clear that family planning is not just for stopping child bearing but it is also for child spacing. 

In Nigeria, evidence shows that over population has been one of problem in economics development. The problem is that people behave to bear the entire child in their womb, without knowing the result.

Population has to be control, to the availability of resource to the counting, to enable the countries economics growth suit the population. In doing so, the countries social, cultural and economic development will grow.

Meanwhile, the media in it’s own has face many problems on family planning programmes. 

Theses problems was as a result how infrastructure equipment etc.

These problems are the factors, which contribute to the media from reaching it target audience. 

1.4 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The purpose of this study is to examine the media coverage in family planning programmes and the effects of such coverage on the attitude of the families in Enugu state towards family planning.

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Firstly, this research work is aimed at finding out whether media coverage of family planning programmes in Enugu state has helps the people to know about the family planning and adopt them to their various families.

Secondly, what more could be done and in what area, to reach the people with enough and timely information and facilitate on the family planning. 

Since the families of most poor people in Enugu state are know to be over populated, the application of family planning principles is considered of importance cutting down on the fade of excessive family six.

A National population growth enhance by the family planning is believed to be necessary to make the government releases the objective of efficient and even development of nation on all phase of life.

The result of this research will help family planning organization to know the media strategies that are most effective in decimating family planning information.

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

Enugu state and beyond are the area for this study. The result of this study will be generalized to high validity in that it can bee carryout in any other place with a reasonable identical result provided that factors like social, economics, political, religion, influence the value system of each area taken into account and adequately adjusted.

1.7 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1) In what ways have the media helps families to adopt family planning programmes.

2) How does, some families in south East adopt the technique.

3) How many times does, families visit family planning clinics.

4) Does viewing of television campaign, change families, on family planning?

5) What extent does education effects the adopting of these family planning programmes.

1.8A HYPOTHESIS

H1: The media have played an effective role in family planning in the South East.

H0: The media have not played effective role in all in family planning programmes.

H2: The mass media coverage have motivated many families on adopting of family planning programs.

H0: The mass media have not motivated family planning programmes.

H3: The number of time, one visited family clinics does not change one’s attitude of the adopting family planning.

H0: Number of time, one visited family planning clinic does planning programmes.

1.8B ASSUMPTIONS

The research assumed that respondents of this study have access to radio, television, Newspaper and magazine. 

It is also assumed that they are exposed to mass media programmes on family planning.

There is also an assumption that the media education campaign has very high research objectives of researching all it target audience.

1.9 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 

CONCEPTUAL

1) MEDIA: It is the mean of communication with target number people especially, television, radio, newspaper, it is also can defined as a channel which information are disseminated to the public and reach target audience.

2) MEDIA STRATEGIES: these are the blue print designed by the media for achieving a particular purpose.

3) FAMILY PLANNING: It is a process of planning the number of children, intervals between birth in the family by using birth control.

4) FAMILY: It is a group consisting of one or two parents and their children.

1.10 OPERATIONAL AND THEORETICAL FRMEWORK

1) MEDIA: This is channel used in the research in all form of mass information dissemination, radio, TV, newspaper- applied by the media to attract their target audience.

2) MEDIA STRATGIES: As used in this research, it means the various technique applied by the media to attract their target audience.

3) FAMILY PLANNING: As used in this research, at is a means by which couples space and control the number of children, they can adequately cater for.

4) FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMMERS: In this research work, it means those programmes of FRCN, ESBS, NTA- used by families to achieve family planning objective.

5) FAMILY: As used this work, it means, a primary social group consisting of inter-parents and their offspring.