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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

India. Private medical practitioners promoting family planning. Implications

for training and follow-up.

AUTHORS

SOURCE

ALTERNATIVES. 1994 Oct;(2):6.

ABSTRACT

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) with Development Associates conducted a pilot project training 1300 private

physicians in the use of oral contraceptives (OCs) in the state of Gujarat. This IMA project is one of a number of

ongoing pilot projects in India that is helping the government and USAID identify investment priorities for a major

bilateral family planning project in Uttar Pradesh. The objective of the IMA project was to increase physician's

knowledge and promotion of OCs, and thus increase their acceptability among women who seek family planning

advice from doctors. As a result of the training, the physicians' technical knowledge about OCs increased

significantly, although one-fourth of them were still uncertain about critical information for clients such as when to

take the first pill in a packet and how to make the transition between OC packets. Although their knowledge about

OCs increased significantly following the training, doctors neither significantly increased the number of OC users

they served, nor did they add additional family planning clients to their practice. Few physicians stocked OCs.

However, quality of care seem to have been enhanced because doctors took more time and care to explain family

planning method choices and instructions for use. Based on the results of the pilot project, the training of IMA

doctors in Uttar Pradesh has been expanded to include additional contraceptive methods, marketing and

communication strategies, and a more competency-based approach. The issues of counseling and improving the

follow-up of physicians are now being addressed. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4032-06)

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planning. Implications for training and follow-up.", is(are) . The source of this article is "ALTERNATIVES. 1994

Oct;(2):6.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T

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