This evaluative study was performed in eight counties in Ceará State, Brazil, from July to September 2003. Data were collected through interviews with 29 nurses and 50 users of the Family Health Program (FHP), besides observations at health units. The aim was to identify the nature of family planning services and verify the existence of barriers to services and provision of contraceptives with ...

OBJECTIVES To elaborate the impact of family planning training on general practitioners' knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency contraception. METHODS A cross sectional survey involving 270 general practitioners was conducted in Hyderabad from 1(st) Oct to 31(st) Dec 2010. Participants were divided into two groups on the basis of attending family planning training course after ...

BACKRGOUND Good progress is being made towards universal access to contraceptives, however stock-outs still jeopardize progress. A seldom considered but important building block in optimizing supply management is the degree to which health workers feel motivated and responsible for monitoring supply. We explored how and to what extent motivation can be improved, and the impact this can have on ...

Modern fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) of family planning have been offered as alternative methods of family planning. Billings Ovulation Method, the Creighton Model, and the Symptothermal Method are the more widely used FABMs and can be more narrowly defined as natural family planning. The first 2 methods are based on the examination of cervical secretions to assess fertility. The Sy...

OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of integrating family planning service components into infant immunization services to increase modern contraceptive method use among postpartum women. METHODS The study was a separate sample, parallel, cluster-randomized controlled trial. Fourteen randomly selected primary health facilities were equally allocated to ...

Access to family planning (FP), quality of care and exploring barriers to utilization of services are key factors in the adoption and continuation of contraception in Egypt. We conducted this study to explore the barriers affecting utilization of FP as well as the characteristics of women who discontinue using FP and nonusers of the FP services. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was...

The Creighton Model system of natural family planning (NFP) is useful in achieving pregnancy, avoiding pregnancy, and detecting some gynecologic disorders. NFP practitioners support the client in using NFP. Because the effectiveness of NFP is related to the teaching process and to teacher expertise, clients choosing NFP may be best served by referral to a certified NFP practitioner for instruct...

BACKGROUND Family planning can reduce deaths, improve health, and facilitate economic development in resource-limited settings. Yet, modern contraceptive methods are often underused. This mixed-methods study, conducted in rural Burundi, sought to explain low uptake of contraceptives by identifying utilization barriers. Results may inform development of family planning interventions in Burundi a...

The Navrongo experiment, a family planning and health project in northern Ghana, has demonstrated that an appropriately designed, community-based family planning program can produce a change in contraceptive practice that had been considered unattainable in such a setting. Simultaneously, however, evidence suggests that newly introduced family planning services and contraceptive availability ca...

Context In 1969, Ghana became one of the first African countries to adopt a population p o l i c y. Acceptance of family planning was s l o w, however, and 20 years later, in 1988, the prevalence of modern contraceptive use had reached only 5%. Between 1988 and 1998, though, the use of modern contraceptive methods nearly tripled, fro m 5% to 13%. At the same time, the total fertility rate dropp...