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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

PROFAMILIA / Nicaragua. Strategy for institutional strengthening: toward a

national program for communication in reproductive health / family planning,

1995-1998. [PROFAMILIA / Nicaragua. Estrategia de fortalecimiento

institucional: hacia un programa nacional de comunicación en salud

reproductiva / planificación familiar, 1995-1998.]

AUTHORS

PROFAMILIA / Nicaragua

SOURCE

[Managua], Nicaragua, PROFAMILIA / Nicaragua, 1995. 68 p.

ABSTRACT

In 1994, USAID/Nicaragua (USAID/N) transformed its Project for the Expansion and Regionalization of Family

Planning with PROFAMILIA, an affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, in order to increase the

knowledge, acceptance, and early use of modern family planning methods among couples in peri-urban and rural

sectors. Nevertheless, in general, there has been a growing tendency in the two years of protection (TYP)

implemented since the start of the project. A large part of this increase is related to the acceptance of surgical

contraceptive methods aimed at limiting family size, more than the acceptance of temporary methods such as Depo-

Provera (DEPO), oral contraceptives, or interuterine devices (IUDs) aimed at spacing. The Family Health Survey 1992-

93 (ESF) conducted by PROFAMILIA with the technical assistance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC) demonstrated that there is still a significant proportion (16%) of unsatisfied needs with respect to family

planning services in the surveyed areas-in spite of a significant increase in the number of clinics, health care

centers, and community distribution stations that offer services. This evidence suggests that the moment has arrived

to actively promote temporary methods through a national communicational effort, employing advanced techniques

in order to reach potentially interested persons. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3022-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "PROFAMILIA / Nicaragua. Strategy for institutional

strengthening: toward a national program for communication in reproductive health / family planning, 1995-1998.

[PROFAMILIA / Nicaragua. Estrategia de fortalecimiento institucional: hacia un programa nacional de comunicación

en salud reproductiva / planificación familiar, 1995-1998.]", is(are) PROFAMILIA / Nicaragua. The source of this

article is "[Managua], Nicaragua, PROFAMILIA / Nicaragua, 1995. 68 p.". This article was published in 1995 in

Spanish language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 3022-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

8022

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