Course Contents

1. Definition & Meaning of Demography 2. Nature & Scope of Demography 3. Basic notions & Demographic concepts of Population  Fertility (Crude Birth Rate, Age-Specific Fertility Rate, Total Fertility Rate)  Mortality (Crude Death Rate, Age-Specific Death Rate, Life Expectancy at Birth)  Migration (Immigration, Emigration, Net Migration, Gross Migration)  Age & Sex Composition (Positive Population Growth, Negative Population Growth, Zero Population Growth)  Population Growth  Demographic Transition  Population Momentum  Doubling Time 4. Theories of Population  Malthusian Theory of Population  Demographic Transition Theory 5. Definition & Meaning of Population Welfare 6. Importance of Population Welfare 7. Religious Perspectives about Population Welfare 8. Factors affecting Population Welfare 9. Overpopulation & Under population as Social Problem 10. Population Welfare with reference to Pakistan  Characteristics of Pakistan’s Population  Need for Population Control  Population Planning Programme of Pakistan (Five Year Plans, Implementation, Shortcomings)  Population Policy of Pakistan  National Programme for Family Planning and Primary Health Care 11. Maternal Mortality & Infant Mortality (Missing Women Fetus) as a Social Problem 12. Role of Professional Social Worker in Sensitizing People about the Importance of Family Planning

Course Synopsis

This course includes information about education and motivation in family planning, techniques and skills of motivation and other important areas. However, the main emphasis in this course is on the population planning policies implementation of programmes in Pakistan. The course is designed to help the students to understand that social work has a significant responsibility to contribute to population planning activities. It is further to help the students to recognize that the problem of population planning require entire professional activity or approach.

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will understand certain important concepts of family planning and will also develop an insight into different policies & programmes which need to be implemented cautiously in order to achieve this goal