Informed choice and decision-making in family planning counseling in Kenya.

International Family Planning Perspectives Health care providers usually decide which medical treatment is best for a patient. In family planning counseling, however, the right of clients to receive accurate information and make their own decisions about reproductive health care—their right of informed choice—is considered fundamental.1 Informed choice emphasizes that clients select the method that best satisfies their personal, reproductive and health needs, based on a thorough understanding of their contraceptive options. Accordingly, many family planning programs have placed an emphasis on informing clients about all available contraceptive methods, through multimedia communication campaigns as well as during counseling sessions. However, few program managers and researchers have attempted to understand the steps and Informed Choice and Decision-Making In Family Planning Counseling in Kenya