a bstrac t   background: organizational and structural obstacles are a group of major obstacles in achievement of appropriate family planning counseling. detection of these obstacles from the viewpoint of managers, staffs and clients who are key members in health services providing system is a major step toward appropriate planning to modify or delete this group of obstacles. the present study ...

literatures that focus on the risk factors of unintended pregnancy among married women are limited especially in developing countries. the aim of this study was to determine the predictors of unintended pregnancy in a west region of iran.this case-control study was conducted from september to november 2011 in hamadan city, western iran. a stratified cluster random sampling method was used for d...

BACKGROUND Mali has one of the world's lowest contraceptive use rates and a high rate of unmet need for family planning. In order to increase access to and choice of quality family planning services, Marie Stopes International (MSI) Mali introduced social franchising in public-sector community health centers (referred to as CSCOMs in Mali) in 3 regions under the MSI brand BlueStar. PROGRAM DE...

BACKGROUND The 2012 London Summit on Family Planning set ambitious goals to enable 120 million more women and adolescent girls to use modern contraceptives by 2020. The Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (URHI) was a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded program designed to help contribute to these goals in urban areas in India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. URHI implemented a range of countr...

Background Prior to 1993, Nepal had a vertical health logistics system. Logistics was not a government priority. No logistics curricula had been developed, no staff had been trained, and no logistics information systems existed at any level. After the establishment of the Logistics Management Division in 1993, the lack of trained manpower in logistics was realized. With support of USAID funded ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There have been dramatic changes in the specialty of family medicine and the American health care system in the more than 40 years since the formation of the specialty. As a result, there is urgent need for experimentation and innovation in residency training to better prepare family physicians. METHODS Waukesha Family Medicine Residency used a strategic planning pro...

PROBLEM ADDRESSED Residents in family medicine residency programs require comprehensive training in women's health best practices and resources. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM To provide a framework for the development and implementation of an integrated women's health curriculum for family medicine residency programs. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Objectives for each element of the program were the basis for ...

The Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group is a nonprofit technical assistance organization committed to improving outcomes by improving practice. Its work has spanned over twenty states and focuses on the development of front-line practice that is strengths, needs and family team based, individualized and dedicated to safety, stability, permanence and well-being. Its technical assistance incl...

from 515 norplant insertions in four family planning clinics, 138 (26.8%) removals were documented before the completion of 5 years. the duration of implant ranged from 15 days to 48 months. no pregnancy was reported during the study period in those who elected to remove norplant. spotting and irregular bleeding were the most common side effects (93.4%) and the most common reasons for early rem...

BACKGROUND Population growth is still a global concern. In spite of the decrease in population growth and conception rate, Iran and the world population will grow in coming years. Participation of men in contraception interventions to control population growth is of great importance. METHODS This is a quasi-experimental study, in which the authors provided group training of contraceptive meth...