The Natural Family Planning ('NFP')
Program is funded by the Commonwealth Government
and administered by
the NFP Board of Management on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of
Australia.
It is a national health initiative which contributes to the sexual and
reproductive health of Australians
by promoting and delivering
services in natural family planning and fertility awareness.
In the Natural Family Planning ('NFP')
Program we are inspired by the call to human dignity as
expressed in
the tenets of the Catholic Church. This shapes the way we offer our
services, and
the way we serve the community.
Our Vision
Those engaged in the NFP Program seek
to provide nationally the highest quality service in
natural family
planning and fertility awareness.
Our Mission
To contribute to the sexual and
reproductive health of the Australian community by providing,
within
the Catholic tradition, a natural, non-interventionist alternative in
fertility management.
Our Values and
Principles
The
Primacy of Human Dignity
We believe the inherent dignity of the
individual derives from his/her creation in God's image and
as such
validates the human being and the development of their potential, as
the ultimate goal
of all human institutions.
Justice
Within our Christian faith, justice is
an expression of love (caritas) toward all of our fellow human
beings,
without discrimination, and makes the rights of other people a prime
focus.
The
Nature of work
We appreciate all work; but more
importantly we value and care for all workers - paid and
unpaid - in
their role as the primary contributor to the work process.
Common
Good
We affirm that individuals and groups
achieve their potential as members of society when the needs
and
rights or the human family are respected and a moral commitment to
promote the common
good is shared.
Solidarity
We acknowledge the interdependence or
all individuals and groups, and the particular
obligation of those
with increased capability, to universally and actively pursue the
common
good of the human family.
Preferential Option for the Poor
We accept the imperative to recognise,
understand and respond to the special needs of the
poor and
disadvantages.
Subsidiarity
We believe that social structures
should facilitate the right of individuals and families to be
actively involved in the decision-making processes that affect their personal
and community life.
Stewardship
& Sustainability
We advocate and practice the judicious
use of resources for the betterment of family life
with respect for
the environment and its sustainability
Access
to Natural Family Planning
We believe that the Australian
community should have access to the option of the provision
of family
services which assist them to live their sexuality in away that is
oriented towards
the ideals and purpose of marriage and is respectful
of the sacredness of human life from
the beginning.
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What we do
Natural
Family Planning Services
- Provision of 'client-focus' services
on fertility awareness which empower couples to
achieve or avoid
pregnancy through effective natural and non-interventionist
methods
of family planning.
- Provision of target specific
services to disadvantaged population sub-groups.
professional
standards
- Maintain best practice in
professional competencies through rigorous teacher training
programs and an ongoing process of reaccreditation.
- Continued upgrading of training
programs based on reviewing contemporary
scientific studies.
health
professionals
- Educate medical practitioners and
other health professionals in natural family planning
as an
effective and natural alternative method of family planning
- Promote the inclusion of NFP in
undergraduate training of medical practitioners
community
education
- Provide quality value-based
education programs in sexual and reproductive health
to schools and community groups.
- Provide modules in sexuality and
family planning in marriage education programs.
- Provide education programs to
ante/post natal and community groups on fertility
awareness and
sexual and reproductive health.
promotion
of natural family planning
- Increase professional awareness of
NFP as a viable natural alternative in family planning.
- Create community awareness of NFP as
an effective, environmental responsible,
drug-free option in
fertility control.
information
management
- Collect statistical data for
Commonwealth Government.
- Improve service delivery by
evidence-based decision-making.
Striving for
Excellence we
need to continue to
- Maintain a high standard of service
delivery and program management.
- Respect the integrity of
evidence-based teaching methods.
- Utilise our accrued knowledge,
creativity and skills base.
- Be underpinned by the ethos of the
Catholic Church.
we
will require
- Appropriate skills and knowledge.
- A total focus on our strategic
directions.
- A well developed information base.
- A sound procedures and processes.
- A consultative and inclusive
approach to policy formulation and decision making.
- Internal communication of shared
goals and values.
- Effective communication with our
external stakeholders.
- A culture of sharing and utilising
program wide resources and expertise.
- An openness to embrace strategies to
address change.
- An emphasis on cross-program
management.
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The Natural Family Planning Board of
Management is pleased to make available to you
the NFP Program's
Strategic Directions Statement.
We look forward to working
collaboratively with each other - and all stakeholders - to bring
a
first class service to natural fertility management.
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