Proceedings of the operations research training workshop: Mainstreaming NFP in the public sector, August 15-18, 1996

This report summarizes the proceedings of the “Operations Research Training Workshop: Mainstreaming Natural Family Planning in the Public Sector,” held August 15-18, 1996, in Boracay, Aklan, Philippines. The workshop was sponsored by the Philippine Federation for Natural Family Planning (NFP), the Family Planning Service of the Department of Health, and the Family Planning Operations Research and Training (FPORT) Program of the Population Council, Manila. Program managers and health officials were trained in operations research (OR) to enhance their understanding and appreciation of OR and its role in integrating NFP technology in the public health sector. Results of several diagnostic and intervention studies were presented by resource persons from university-based research institutions and the Population Council. Participants also reviewed the fundamentals of research methodology. The NFP technology was presented by the PFNFP staff. A process for identifying a particular NFP service delivery model for integrating within the public health sector was facilitated by the staff of PFNFP. The workshop included a discussion on planning the dissemination strategy and utilization of OR study findings. The final activity was identifying issues that OR can address in mainstreaming NFP in the public health system

Engaging Men in Family Planning: Perspectives From Married Men in Lomé, Togo.

Family planning programs have made vast progress in many regions of sub-Saharan Africa in the last decade, but francophone West Africa is still lagging behind. More emphasis on male engagement might result in better outcomes, especially in countries with strong patriarchal societies. Few studies in francophone West Africa have examined attitudes of male involvement in family planning from the perspective of men themselves, yet this evidence is necessary for development of successful family planning projects that include men. This qualitative study, conducted in 2016, explored attitudes of 72 married men ages 18-54 through 6 focus groups in the capital of Togo, Lomé. Participants included professional workers as well as skilled and unskilled workers. Results indicate that men have specific views on family planning based on their knowledge and understanding of how and why women might use contraception. While some men did have reservations, both founded and not, there was an overwhelmingly positive response to discussing family planning and being engaged with related decisions and services. Four key findings from the analyses of focus group responses were: (1) socioeconomic motivations drive mens interest in family planning; (2) men strongly disapprove of unilateral decisions by women to use family planning; (3) misconceptions surrounding modern methods can hinder support for family planning; and (4) limited method choice for men, insufficient venues to receive services, and few messages that target men create barriers for male engagement in family planning. Future attempts to engage men in family planning programs should pay specific attention to mens concerns, misconceptions, and their roles in family decision making. Interventions should educate men on the socioeconomic and health benefits of family planning while explaining the possible side effects and dispelling myths. To help build trust and facilitate open communication, family planning programs that encourage counseling of husbands and wives in their homes by community health workers, trusted men, or couples who have successfully used or are currently using family planning to achieve their desired family size will be important

Nigeria Family Planning Bluepint (2014)

The Nigeria Family Planning Blueprint was created as a result of the commitments made by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGON) at the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning to increase funding by an additional $8.35 million annually to bridge identified gaps in Family Planning (FP) and Reproductive Health (RH) needs in Nigeria. The Government also pledged to undertake the following key steps to ensure increased uptake of FP/RH services: Support Advocacy, Strengthen Accountability, Improve Supply Chain, Increase Contraceptive Supply, Promote Best Practices, and Support New Innovations. The Blueprint provides a roadmap for achieving FGON commitments for improving access to family planning and reducing maternal mortality through a concerted effort to scale up family planning over five years, from 2013 to 2018

Family Planning Market in India

This literature review captures existing knowledge across a range of products and players in India's family planning market. The product scope covers condoms, oral contraceptive pills, injectable contraceptives, intra-uterine devices, and male and female sterilization.The broad reach of this analysis brings diverse perspectives together to provide a complete picture of the current state of the market. The review can be particularly useful for field practitioners, donors, and other players looking to understand the current state of discovery in the India family planning market

Barriers to family planning use amongst the urban poor in Pakistan

This paper examines the determinants of family planning service use and the barriers in accessing family planning services among urban poor women in Pakistan. Data were collected from a household survey of 5338 married women of reproductive age (15-45) from slum areas of six cities.The use of family planning services by women in urban slums is strongly linked to individual and household socioeconomic factors. In particular, women were ten times more likely to have used a family planning service if her husband approved. This research has highlighted two key issues regarding the provision of family planning services to the urban poor. First, the urban poor cannot be treated as a homogenous group; there exist important socio-demographic variations within the urban poor population in relation to their use of family planning services and the barriers faced in service utilization. Second, although the urban poor are both economically and physicallydisadvantaged in access to services, women identified socio-cultural factors as the greatest barrier to family planning service use. This finding is consistent with studies focusing on the general population of Pakistan

The Evaluation Family Planning Programs Male (Vasectomy) at Bukit Kecil Palembang in 2011

Background: The main problem faced in Indonesia is in the field of population that is still high population growth. Therefore, the government continues to suppress the rate growth by family planning (FP). In the city of Palembang was increasing active family planning participants who use contraceptives vasectomy which means that an increase male interest in the use of contraceptives. Membership KB for the poor is still considered low, including people in remote and border areas, and socialization programs for the younger generation towards the age of marriage is also still lacking. The purpose of this study was to evaluate family planning programs male (vasectomy). Method: This research was an evaluative study with a qualitative approach using indepth interviews, focus group discussions, document review, and observation. The number of informants 9 people. To test the validity of the data was done by triangulation of sources, methods, and data. The data were analyzed with content analysis. Result: Human resources, the allocation of funds, utilization of facilities, program planning, organizing, managing, and achievement of male family planning program has been running well, and perceptions about the vasectomy also was able to be received well by religious leaders, community leaders, and society itself. Conclusion: The suggestion of male family planning programs include: health care workers should routinely follow the training program to improve the quality of health services, need to add more officers to socialize in the field, and participants vasectomy can be a motivator to invite the father in using the vasectomy

Husband's Knowledge, Characteristics and Participation in Family Planning

Family planning is an attempt to measure the number and spacing of children. Thus, several ways or alternatives are taken to prevent or postpone pregnancy to Couple of Productive Age. The purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between husband's knowledge and characteristics and their participation in Family Planning in Randusanga Kulon Village, Brebes District, Central Java. Observasional analytic study was conducted with Cross-sectional design, employed 94 respondents. Results of study revealed that there is a relationship between husbands' knowledge and their participation in family planning. Similarly, there is also relationship between education and husband's participation in family planning. However, there found no relationship between the number of children and husband's participation in family planning