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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Provider-client communication in family planning clinics in Egypt: styles,

predictors and associations with client outcomes.

AUTHORS

Abdel-Tawab NG

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1995. vii, 242 p.

ABSTRACT

In response to recommendations from international donor agencies, family planning clinics in Egypt are moving from

authoritarian to more egalitarian provider-client relations. A prospective study conducted in 30 family planning

clinics affiliated with the Clinical Services Improvement Project analyzed consultations between 34 physicians and

112 clients requesting a contraceptive method. Two-thirds of the audiotaped physician consultations were

classified as authoritarian; these consultations were 1 minute shorter than egalitarian consultations. Predictive of

an authoritative encounter were younger client, physician age 30-35 years, and tenure at the clinic of 1 year or less.

An egalitarian communication style was associated with both a 3-fold increase in the likelihood of client satisfaction

with the clinic visit (as measured in an exit interview) and a greater likelihood of contraceptive continuation 7 months

after the visit. Overall, these findings suggest that an egalitarian counseling style is not only acceptable to Egyptian

family planning clients, but also associated with improved contraceptive compliance. Thus, physicians should be

trained to make solidarity statements, to avoid pressuring clients to use a specific method, and to reduce use of

imperative statements. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3037-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Provider-client communication in family planning clinics in

Egypt: styles, predictors and associations with client outcomes.", is(are) Abdel-Tawab NG. The source of this

article is "[Unpublished] 1995. vii, 242 p.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 3037-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 8037

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