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Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 1999 June;158(3):101-4

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language: Italian

The organisation of a birth control centre

Romeo G.

Polo Universitario - Milano, Ospedale Generale Provinciale «L. Sacco»

The author discusses the use of contraceptives for birth control. He puts forward a model for the functional structure of a Birth Control Centre. This structure includes the outline of a course for health and social workers, divided into theoretical and practical lessons. The aim of the course is to create a group of individuals ready to assist trainees in exercises and capable of increasing public awareness of prevention, as well as carrying our statistical surveys and socio-biological studies.