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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Male leaders participate in Mrs. Ndere's family planning program. Case

scenarios for training and group discussion.

AUTHORS

Management Sciences for Health. Family Planning Management Development

SOURCE

FAMILY PLANNING MANAGER. 1994 Mar-Apr;:1-4.

ABSTRACT

A case scenario for training of family planning (FP) managers in developing countries and for group discussion

follows. A clinic director had learned that two FP programs in another part of the country worked with community

members to promote their goals. In one, a manager of a food processing company organized weekly discussions

about FP and reproductive health during lunch. The number of factory workers using contraception increased from

12-25%. The director returned to her clinic with plans to recruit influential male community leaders. If she could use

male volunteers, she would not need to worry about resources to recruit, hire, and train new people for IEC activities.

In her region, awareness of and access to FP were among the lowest countrywide. Less than 50% of men knew

about condoms in her region, while more women knew about FP methods. She thought that if males knew more

about the benefits of FP, they would support their wives' interest in FP. Increased FP knowledge would likely result in

better reproductive health practices and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which are prevalent in

her region. She invited 8 male leaders to a meeting with 2 IEC outreach workers. The first meeting revolved around

the benefits their participation would bestow on the program and community. The men were quite interested. During

the second meeting, they examined the objectives of the FP program and produced their own goals. To help the

program increase use of family planning methods 5%, the men aimed to increase knowledge of FP and STDs among

males and to increase the number of condoms distributed through the program 2-fold in the first year. They wanted to

involve other community males. The Ministry would provide condoms if a condom distribution system could be set

up and some men suggested that males be trained to distribute condoms. Case discussion questions follow the

scenario: e.g., How can community participation benefit the community and the FP program? (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT2T 4073-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Male leaders participate in Mrs. Ndere's family planning

program. Case scenarios for training and group discussion.", is(are) Management Sciences for Health. Family

Planning Management Development. The source of this article is "FAMILY PLANNING MANAGER. 1994 Mar-Apr;:1-

4.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4073-06. All

rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9073

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