International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

ISSN 2220-8488 (Print), 2221-0989 (Online) 10.30845/ijhss

A Pioneering Study in the Field of Healthcare Communication in Turkey: Birth Control and Family Planning Campaigns
Dr. Mine Demirtaş

Abstract
The population policies envisaged in Turkey until today and the birth control and family planning campaigns which were implemented in the 1960s in line with the anti-natalist policies, which were a pioneering study in the field of healthcare communication, and the films shown on television in this context have been examined in this article. Focus has been placed on the pro-natalist policies which are desired to be implemented today, in contrast the anti-natalist population policies of that period, in Turkey, which, according to a study conducted by the World Health Organisation in 2014, is the 18th largest country in the world in terms of population and 96th in terms of lifespan.

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