Abstract:
Purpose: The purposes of this study are two folds. First was to study the status, problems in utilizing audio-visual aids in family planning programs. Second was to survey the needs and opinions of the patients concerning the media were used, and to find the suitable media in this area. Procedure: The questionnaire was used to collect the data from total population of 17 persons in Family Planning Agencies. One hundred and twenty five patients were random selected from the Public Health Service Centers. They were interviewed to collect the data. All the data were computed to show the Percentage, Arithmetic Mean, and Standard Deviation. Results: 1. Family Planning Agencies set the policy for the project more than 1 year. The budget of the project came from government, the International Family Planning Organization and other privacy Family Planning Agencies in Thailand. The agencies supported to facilitate the audio-visual aids. There were some media evaluated by using questionnaires, observation and correspondent. Main problem were shown at 53.33 percentage of lacking of the budget and audio-visual personnel. 2. The most audio-visual aids used in Bangkok Metropolis were training program and pamphlets. It was found at 4.20 and 3.86 arithmetic mean as follows. 3. Eighty point eighty percent of sample patients from Public Health Service Center received Family Planning information from different kinds of poster and 88.00 percent of the same group liked to see the movie of the Family Planning. They believed in the information from television program at 4.080 percent. 4. Projection materials, television and radio programs and activities were suitable audio-visual aids is Family Planning programs in Bangkok Metropolis.