FP PROMOTION THRU [i.e. through] HOME ECONOMIC

PROJECT ACTIVITIES HAVE ACHIEVED A HIGH LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS IN INVOLVING HOME ECONOMISTS IN POPULATION/FAMILY PLANNING ACTIVITIES. THE STRATEGY OF USING COUNTRY SURVEYS AND SHORT CONSULTATIONS APPEARS TO BE SOUND. AHEA ARRANGED CONSULTAITVE VISITS TO COSTA RICA, GHANA, INDIA, KOREA, LIBERIA, MALAYSIA, PAKISTAN, AND SIERRA LEONE. IN-COUNTRY WORKSHOPS WERE CONDUCTED IN INDIA, PANAMA, THAILAND, AND TURKEY. THE MAJOR PUBLICATION OF THE PROJECT DURING THE YEAR WAS A PACKET OF 8 FAMILY-PLANNING-IN-HOME-ECONOMICS BOOKLETS. DEVELOPED BY LDC STUDENTS ATTENDING THE 1972 SUMMER WORKSHOPS, THE MATERIALS PRESENT A VARIETY OF IDEAS FOR INTEGRATING FAMILY PLANNING INTO HOME ECONOMICS SUBJECT MATTER. BOTH AN ENGLISH AND A SPANISH VERSION WERE DEVELOPED. FEEDBACK ON THE PACKET HAS BEEN VERY FAVORABLE. A NEW NEWSLETTER CALLED "PROMISING PRACTICES" WAS DEVELOPED TO SHARE WAYS IN WHICH HOME ECONOMISTS ARE CURRENTLY INTEGRATING FAMILY PLANNING AND POPULATION CONCEPTS INTO THEIR ONGOING PROFESSIONAL WORK. REGARDING THE DEPTH TRAINING COMPONENT, 2 HOME ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING WORKSHOPS WERE CONDUCTED AT THE CHINESE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING IN FAMILY PLANNING IN TAIWAN FOR 48 HOME ECONOMICS LEADERS. 5 SUMMER INSTITUTES IN FAMILY PLANNING/HOME ECONOMICS WERE CONDUCTED AT 5 US UNIVERSITIES FOR LDC STUDENTS CURRENTLY STUDYING IN THE US. REVISION OF HOME ECONOMICS TRAINING CURRICULA COULD NOT PROCEED AS QUICKLY AS PLANNED. THE REVISIONS, TO HAVE A LONG-RANGE, INSTITUTIONALIZED EFFECT, WILL HAVE TO BE DONE WITHIN COUNTRIES. THE ROLE OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO PROVIDE BASIC MATERIALS AND THE CATALYTIC REGIONAL WORKSHOPS THAT FOCUS ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. 10 HOME ECONOMISTS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WERE SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE INTERNATIONAL AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.