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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

IEC strategy in support of family planning evaluated.

AUTHORS

SOURCE

POPULATION EDUCATION IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC NEWSLETTER AND

FORUM. 1994;(40):13.

ABSTRACT

A final project evaluation report was released in April 1994 as PHI/89/PO9, Strengthening IEC Management among

Thailand Family Planning Programs. The project is described as a function of the Department of Health's five year

plan. The project aim is to increase the capacity for planning, supervising, and implementing IEC activities,

designing and evaluating an evaluation system, developing and producing IEC materials, and training and mobilizing

workers in IEC. The evaluation reveals that objectives have been met and teams are set up at all levels.

Recommendations are made to develop an integrated and comprehensive family planning plan with major IEC

components, to subcontract out activities where personnel skills are inadequate, to introduce operations research

and integrate the results into operations, to strengthen staff capability, and to test the viability of and expand IEC

teams at the local level. The report also indicates that there is a need for centrally produced IEC materials.

Materials were needed on methods and how to handle misconceptions about methods. There is a need to secure

the services of a private agency for production of materials. Family planning and IEC distribution systems need to be

strengthened at the local government level. A training skills session is necessary for development of interpersonal

communication skills on how to use and maximize use of IEC materials. Communications training in general

required a longer investment in training time. Communications training methods would be improved through use of

videos on family planning counseling and practical field exercises. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4003-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "IEC strategy in support of family planning evaluated.",

is(are) . The source of this article is "POPULATION EDUCATION IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC NEWSLETTER AND

FORUM. 1994;(40):13.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 4003-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9003

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