WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.766 [...] 00:02.766 --> 00:14.932 [Jamaican music playing] 00:14.933 --> 00:17.999 [Singer:] Whoa whoa whoa whoa. 00:18.000 --> 00:21.166 Whoa whoa whoa whoa. 00:21.166 --> 00:25.532 Whoa whoa whoa whoa. 00:25.533 --> 00:40.099 [Jamaican music continues] 00:40.100 --> 00:42.800 [Singer:] Do what you want. 00:42.800 --> 00:44.500 [Speaker 1:] What's it good for? 00:44.500 --> 00:47.033 How will it help me? 00:47.033 --> 00:48.533 [Speaker 2:] I don't even know what it 00:48.533 --> 00:50.633 means by that, family planning. 00:50.633 --> 00:53.133 [Speaker 3:] I don't think it's wrong for you to have children 00:53.133 --> 00:55.666 and you are not married. 00:55.666 --> 00:57.332 [Speaker 4:] I read about family planning, 00:57.333 --> 00:59.499 but my man don't like it at all. 00:59.500 --> 01:01.933 [...] 01:01.933 --> 01:03.566 [Speaker 5:] I don't use family planning. 01:03.566 --> 01:05.932 I use the French letter. 01:05.933 --> 01:07.399 [Speaker 6:] I went up there Tuesday, 01:07.400 --> 01:10.033 but the clinic was closed. 01:10.033 --> 01:12.333 [Speaker 7:] I think is a good thing. 01:12.333 --> 01:15.033 But I think the woman should do it. 01:15.033 --> 01:17.366 [Speaker 8:] My girlfriend had the coil. 01:17.366 --> 01:20.966 Well, she said it hurt so, she took it out. 01:20.966 --> 01:22.566 [Speaker 9:] I don't trust any man. 01:22.566 --> 01:25.332 I'm going to take care of myself. 01:25.333 --> 01:28.133 [Speaker 10:] I really wanted to go to the commercial school. 01:28.133 --> 01:30.433 And look what happened to me. 01:30.433 --> 01:32.066 [Narrator:] Many people have questions 01:32.066 --> 01:36.066 about family planning, and that's only natural. 01:36.066 --> 01:37.766 Some are afraid. 01:37.766 --> 01:41.132 Some don't believe it means anything to them. 01:41.133 --> 01:44.733 Some have heard rumors or misleading stories. 01:44.733 --> 01:47.233 Unfortunately, some people wait too 01:47.233 --> 01:52.066 long to find out how family planning can help them. 01:52.066 --> 01:54.499 Sometimes, people feel funny about going 01:54.500 --> 01:58.866 to the family planning center, especially for the first time. 01:58.866 --> 02:01.399 They don't know what to expect. 02:01.400 --> 02:03.500 They don't feel comfortable talking 02:03.500 --> 02:06.933 about their private lives to a stranger. 02:06.933 --> 02:10.233 But fortunately, more and more average Americans 02:10.233 --> 02:12.199 are realizing that family planning 02:12.200 --> 02:15.000 can help us better our lives. 02:15.000 --> 02:19.100 More and more women and men are coming to the centers. 02:19.100 --> 02:22.300 And they're finding that the people who work in the centers 02:22.300 --> 02:25.700 really care about them. Listen to their problems, 02:25.700 --> 02:27.666 and give them the help they need. 02:27.666 --> 02:29.932 [First Stop to Somewhere] 02:29.933 --> 02:32.733 But let's visit a family planning center, 02:32.733 --> 02:34.999 so you can see what it's like for yourself. 02:35.000 --> 02:36.766 [Indiscriminate chatter] 02:36.766 --> 02:39.299 [Speaker 11:] My boyfriend and I agreed that family planning 02:39.300 --> 02:41.066 was a good thing. 02:41.066 --> 02:43.466 He has another year before he graduates. 02:43.466 --> 02:47.499 And, of course, I don't want to lose my job at the bank. 02:47.500 --> 02:50.600 But then I had to admit I felt a little strange about coming 02:50.600 --> 02:52.100 to the center at first. 02:52.100 --> 02:54.900 [Indiscriminate chatter] 02:54.900 --> 02:58.333 The first thing I noticed, and you'll see that when you come, 02:58.333 --> 03:03.233 was that the center was really a nice place. Really pleasant. 03:03.233 --> 03:06.099 Then, as I looked around, I saw how many 03:06.100 --> 03:10.200 other girls, just like myself, had come there for help. 03:10.200 --> 03:12.366 There were even men who had come. 03:12.366 --> 03:15.166 [...] 03:15.166 --> 03:19.832 I also saw that things were well-organized at the center. 03:19.833 --> 03:22.033 When your turn comes, like this lady, 03:22.033 --> 03:24.099 the clerk takes down all the particulars 03:24.100 --> 03:26.500 before you go in to see the nurse. 03:26.500 --> 03:28.233 Then the thing that really impressed me 03:28.233 --> 03:31.766 when I talked to the clerk was how nice she was. 03:31.766 --> 03:34.832 I wasn't even embarrassed. 03:34.833 --> 03:36.266 [Clerk:] Are you married? 03:36.266 --> 03:38.399 [Speaker 12:] No. 03:38.400 --> 03:40.233 [Clerk:] Do you live with a boyfriend? 03:40.233 --> 03:41.333 [Speaker 12:] Yes. 03:41.333 --> 03:43.233 [...] 03:43.233 --> 03:45.633 [Clerk:] Now, how many children, living children, 03:45.633 --> 03:46.399 have you? 03:46.400 --> 03:47.366 [Speaker 12:] Three. 03:47.366 --> 03:49.099 [Clerk:] Four-- three. 03:49.100 --> 03:51.333 How many pregnancies? 03:51.333 --> 03:52.333 [Speaker 12:] Four. 03:52.333 --> 03:55.833 [Clerk:] Four, so that means you have three living children. 03:55.833 --> 03:56.966 [Speaker 12:] And I lose one. 03:56.966 --> 04:01.499 [Clerk:] Three live births, and then you had a miscarriage. 04:01.500 --> 04:05.900 So that's four pregnancies, right? 04:05.900 --> 04:08.100 Have you had a Pap smear before? 04:08.100 --> 04:09.900 [Speaker 12:] No. 04:09.900 --> 04:14.000 [Clerk:] Well, I would also have to write a form for you 04:14.000 --> 04:16.066 and get the nurse to do it. 04:16.066 --> 04:18.432 [Nurse:] Good afternoon, Mrs. Keith, how are you? 04:18.433 --> 04:20.733 [Mrs. Keith:] Good afternoon, nurse, fine, thank you. 04:20.733 --> 04:23.166 [Nurse:] And I see you have come to our family planning 04:23.166 --> 04:26.632 thing, which I take that you are interested in family planning? 04:26.633 --> 04:27.599 [Mrs. Keith:] Yes, nurse. 04:27.600 --> 04:30.466 I want to space my children. 04:30.466 --> 04:32.866 I have one baby now, and I don't want to have another one. 04:32.866 --> 04:34.399 [Nurse:] And how old is that baby? 04:34.400 --> 04:36.200 [Mrs. Keith:] He is just a year old now. 04:36.200 --> 04:37.766 [Nurse:] So, I think probably you'd 04:37.766 --> 04:41.366 want to, say, space a baby for another three or four years? 04:41.366 --> 04:43.532 [Mrs. Keith:] About another two or three years, 04:43.533 --> 04:46.566 my husband doesn't want us to have another one for about 04:46.566 --> 04:47.166 two years. 04:47.166 --> 04:49.432 [Mrs. Keith:] I was surprised how thorough the nurse was 04:49.433 --> 04:51.299 in the examination. 04:51.300 --> 04:54.300 And in addition to taking blood pressure, 04:54.300 --> 04:56.400 the nurse checked my weight. 04:56.400 --> 04:59.500 She told me how important a test for cancer is. 04:59.500 --> 05:01.433 They call it "Paps." 05:01.433 --> 05:02.799 Then she did one for me. 05:02.800 --> 05:04.433 And it was so easy. 05:04.433 --> 05:06.899 [...] 05:06.900 --> 05:09.433 And what really impressed me was the nurse. 05:09.433 --> 05:11.699 She explained everything to me. 05:11.700 --> 05:13.133 And she really listened to me. 05:13.133 --> 05:14.066 [Nurse indiscriminate audio] 05:14.066 --> 05:16.032 She was interested in my problems 05:16.033 --> 05:18.433 and she really helped me making my decision. 05:18.433 --> 05:19.533 [Nurse:] It's the pill. 05:19.533 --> 05:23.066 It's about 99.8%. 05:23.066 --> 05:27.499 [Doctor:] This is quite suitable in some cases. 05:27.500 --> 05:28.400 So that, in general-- 05:28.400 --> 05:30.066 [Speaker 11:] After talking with the nurse 05:30.066 --> 05:32.766 about the different kinds of family planning methods, 05:32.766 --> 05:34.632 I decided to have a coil inserted, 05:34.633 --> 05:36.833 because once it was done, I wouldn't 05:36.833 --> 05:38.099 have to worry about it. 05:38.100 --> 05:41.166 And I would be completely protected. 05:41.166 --> 05:44.299 As the doctor was there, instead of the nurse fitting my coil, 05:44.300 --> 05:47.266 she handed me over to a nice doctor. 05:47.266 --> 05:50.299 He made sure I understood all about the coil. 05:50.300 --> 05:52.666 Then he gave me an internal examination 05:52.666 --> 05:55.932 and inserted the coil, which he will do with this lady. 05:55.933 --> 06:01.099 [Doctor:] This is also quite a suitable method. 06:01.100 --> 06:06.666 Unfortunately, for the first, sometimes 06:06.666 --> 06:10.499 the first week after the insertion of the coil, 06:10.500 --> 06:15.700 patients sometimes have abdominal pains and bleeding. 06:15.700 --> 06:18.700 But in my experience, this usually 06:18.700 --> 06:22.966 clears up within this period. 06:22.966 --> 06:24.999 For the first three months, at least, 06:25.000 --> 06:29.066 one has to expect that the periods might be heavier. 06:29.066 --> 06:30.599 Have you got any questions to ask? 06:30.600 --> 06:33.200 [Speaker 13:] Well-- [? inaudible] 06:33.200 --> 06:35.266 Not at present, because the nurse had 06:35.266 --> 06:38.132 explained most of it already. 06:38.133 --> 06:39.533 [...] 06:39.533 --> 06:41.833 [Nurse:] How did you like your exam? 06:41.833 --> 06:43.333 [Speaker 12:] Well, nice and painless. 06:43.333 --> 06:44.299 [Nurse:] Like it work. 06:44.300 --> 06:44.800 [Speaker 12:] Yes. 06:44.800 --> 06:46.666 [Nurse:] And you have selected a method. 06:46.666 --> 06:48.132 [Speaker 12:] Yes. 06:48.133 --> 06:49.233 [Nurse:] Right. 06:49.233 --> 06:51.599 [Speaker 11:] I remember after the doctor finished with me, 06:51.600 --> 06:54.900 I went back to the clerk, like this lady. 06:54.900 --> 06:57.633 I got my appointment to come back for my checkup. 06:57.633 --> 06:59.533 And when I came back, I picked up 06:59.533 --> 07:01.233 some pills for my girlfriend. 07:01.233 --> 07:02.066 [...] 07:02.066 --> 07:03.832 [Speaker 12:] He said to come back the 10th and first 07:03.833 --> 07:05.033 of next month. 07:05.033 --> 07:06.966 [Nurse:] The first of next month. 07:06.966 --> 07:09.999 [...] 07:10.000 --> 07:12.233 [Speaker 11:] My boyfriend came to meet me at the center 07:12.233 --> 07:15.233 and I couldn't wait to tell him all about it as we left. 07:15.233 --> 07:16.066 [Music] 07:16.066 --> 07:20.132 I'm so glad I decided to visit my family planning center. 07:20.133 --> 07:22.866 I'm telling all my girlfriends about it. 07:22.866 --> 07:28.866 I know that family planning will help us better our lives. 07:28.866 --> 07:31.832 [Narrator:] Family planning can better your life. 07:31.833 --> 07:36.033 Visit your nearest family planning center today. 07:36.033 --> 07:38.733 [Jamaican music playing] 07:38.733 --> 07:42.699 [An Airlie Production] 07:42.700 --> 07:44.700 [Singer:] Do what you want. 07:44.700 --> 07:45.900 [Executive producer, Murdock Head, M.D.] 07:45.900 --> 07:48.100 Do what you want. 07:48.100 --> 07:52.000 [Produced and directed by, John S. Scanlan] 07:52.000 --> 07:56.233 [Music] 07:56.233 --> 08:00.566 [Director of photography, Charles E. Francis] 08:00.566 --> 08:02.332 [...] 08:02.333 --> 08:05.033 [Written by, June Cottle] 08:05.033 --> 08:07.433 [Edited by, Gordon L. Heerman, Raymond Garcia] 08:07.433 --> 08:08.233 [...] 08:08.233 --> 08:09.066 [Singer:] Whoa whoa whoa whoa. 08:09.066 --> 08:10.266 [Photography by, Charles Durie] 08:10.266 --> 08:11.466 [Sound by, Michael Barrett] 08:11.466 --> 08:12.699 [Singer:] Whoa whoa whoa whoa. 08:12.700 --> 08:14.533 [...] 08:14.533 --> 08:15.633 Whoa whoa whoa whoa. 08:15.633 --> 08:17.799 [...] 08:17.800 --> 08:18.633 Whoa whoa whoa whoa. 08:18.633 --> 08:19.999 [Special consultant, Basil L. Morgan] 08:20.000 --> 08:22.833 [Exec. Asst., National Family Planning Board] 08:22.833 --> 08:27.666 [Music by, Gay Feet, Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica] 08:27.666 --> 08:29.166 [...] 08:29.166 --> 08:33.666 [Produced for, The National Family Planning Board, Jamaica, West Indies] 08:33.666 --> 08:35.099 [Singer:] Do what you want. 08:35.100 --> 08:36.133 [Music fades out] 08:36.133 --> 08:43.866 [...]