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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Project report on the involvement of Indian Medical Association members for

promoting oral contraceptive pill and I.U.C.D. in Gujarat. Training of 1326

family planning counsellors and 83 family planning consultants.

AUTHORS

Sobti JC; Rao AR; Deering J; Shah IC

SOURCE

New Delhi, India, IMA-AKN Sinha Institute of Continuing Medical and Health

Education and Research, [1995]. [2], 63 p.

ABSTRACT

In response to member surveys indicating a need for family planning training in modern contraceptive methods, the

Indian Medical Association (IMA) has developed several continuing education programs. Over a 10-month period in

1992, an 18-hour curriculum including modules on the benefits of child spacing, oral contraceptives (OCs) and

injectables, and counseling techniques was implemented in the state of Gujarat. The project was implemented in 3

stages: first, 9 master trainers attended a training-of-trainers course in Delhi; second, these master trainers trained

61 state-level trainers; and third, all 1600 IMA members in the state were targeted. A total of 1326 doctors were

trained in 62 meetings. The proportion of doctors providing family planning services rose from 61% in 1992 to 85% in

1994, but there were no increases in OC prescriptions. Although doctors demonstrated significant gains in

knowledge of OCs after the workshop, this knowledge was not retained; the average technical knowledge score

increased from 12.7 at baseline to 18.2 immediately after training, but dropped to 13.5 one year after the intervention.

Retention was strongest among doctors who regularly prescribed OCs. On the other hand, pseudo clients (observers

posing as clients) reported greater satisfaction with visits to trained compared with untrained doctors. Since 83% of

doctors indicated they would like to participate in a second round of family planning training, a Level II course,

focused on training trainers in IUD insertion and removal, was organized. The IMA plans to use newsletters and

home study courses to facilitate continuing medical education and has expanded its OC training to Uttar Pradesh.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3027-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Project report on the involvement of Indian Medical

Association members for promoting oral contraceptive pill and I.U.C.D. in Gujarat. Training of 1326 family planning

counsellors and 83 family planning consultants.", is(are) Sobti JC; Rao AR; Deering J; Shah IC. The source of

this article is "New Delhi, India, IMA-AKN Sinha Institute of Continuing Medical and Health Education and Research,

[1995]. [2], 63 p.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 3027-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 8027

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