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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The quality of family planning services in Douala, Cameroon. [Die Qualitat

der Familienplanungsdienste in Douala, Kamerun.]

AUTHORS

Hunger C; Korte R

SOURCE

Curare. 1997;20(2):137-143.

ABSTRACT

Under the Hypothesis that the "Quality of Performance of family planning (FP) services influences the clients'

judgement of quality and has thereby a substantial influence on their contraceptive behaviour", this study examined

the influence of the elements of quality, as defined by Bruce 1990. The study showed high quality in the FP services;

the influence of Bruce's elements on clients regarding their contentment as well as acceptance and continuity of

application were demonstrated. FP services were of high quality; the clients are provided with a wide variety of FP

methods and rich informations about these. The provider's technical competence regarding the medical standard

and the techniques of counselling were proven to be good; so were the interactive abilities of the FP providers: they

take their time, are friendly to the client and make use of visual materials when explicating the different methods of

contraception. The interviews showed, that on the client's side a friendly attitude and information an FP are the main

points. Generally FP facilities were appreciated by the women: In Douala, the rate of application of modern methods

of contraception has doubled in the past five years. A great problem are rumours about modern contraceptives:

permanent infertility, siblings and cancer are feared. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 1025-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The quality of family planning services in Douala,

Cameroon. [Die Qualitat der Familienplanungsdienste in Douala, Kamerun.]", is(are) Hunger C; Korte R. The

source of this article is "Curare. 1997;20(2):137-143.". This article was published in 1997 in German language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1025-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 6025

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