Checklists: Tools to Improve Family Planning Services
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To promote greater access to family planning and reproductive health,
Family Health International (FHI) has developed checklists for health
workers. Based on criteria prepared by the World Health Organization
and the U.S. Agency for International Development, the checklists are
designed to aid health workers in their efforts to help family plan-
ning clients make informed choices about safe and effective use of
contraception.
FHI has prepared three checklists for health workers:
* A checklist to rule out pregnancy. Designed to help clinic-based
health workers determine whether non-menstruating women can safely
use oral contraceptives or intrauterine devices:
http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/pregckl.html
* A checklist to determine eligibility to use combined oral contra-
ceptives (COCs). This checklist is designed for use by community-
based health workers:
http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/cocchkl.html
* A checklist to determine eligibility to use the injectables DMPA or
NET-EN. This checklist is designed for community-based health work-
ers:
http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/dmpackl.html
Checklists are available in English, French and Spanish.
Other checklist materials posted on the FHI Web site include a ques-
tion and answer handout, a brief annotated bibliography of additional
reading materials, and guidelines for using checklists. For more
information:
mailto:services@fhi.org
More than 1,200 full-text materials in English, Spanish and French
are available on our Web site:
http://www.fhi.org
FHI is committed to helping women and men have access to safe, effec-
tive, acceptable and affordable family planning methods to ensure
that they achieve their desired number and spacing of children; pre-
venting the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted dis-
eases (STDs); and improving the health of women and children.
David Hock
Senior Information Projects Coordinator
Family Health International
mailto:dhock@fhi.org
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