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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Maximizing access to quality family planning and reproductive health

services.

AUTHORS

Family Health International [FHI]

SOURCE

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, FHI, [1994]. [2] p.

ABSTRACT

Efforts to maximize access to and quality of family planning (FP) and reproductive health services center on providing

services in a safe and appropriate manner. With this as the goal, programs can make strategic decisions about the

services to be provided. Clients can be offered increased choices about reproductive health services and

contraceptive methods when programs improve 1) physical access by assuring that service delivery points are

conveniently located and accessible to a large portion of the population; 2) economic access by assuring that the

costs of services can be borne by a significant portion of potential clients and that the indirect costs (such as

waiting time) are affordable; 3) psychosocial access by making services culturally acceptable; 4) cognitive access by

developing information systems for an informed client-base; and 5) administrative access by evaluating the

administrative and medical rules and regulations which govern all aspects of service and by improving service

guidelines. Quality of care in FP, as it applies to client-system interaction, has 6 components: expanding choice of

methods; providing clients with the necessary information to make optimum choices; improving technical

competence through the use of refresher courses and strong supervision; promoting good interpersonal relations

through training and supervision of providers; providing continuity of care; and designing services with the needs of

clients in mind so that services are appropriate and acceptable. A key consideration in improving quality of care is

what aspects of programs do managers have control over and what resources do they have available to make

improvements. Family Health International (FHI) is working to expand access through a number of programs on the

clinic and country-level. FHI is also developing a quality of care model for integrated reproductive health services

and has also translated the concepts of total quality management into tools for use by FP and health organizations in

Latin America, Asia, and Africa. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4087-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Maximizing access to quality family planning and

reproductive health services.", is(are) Family Health International [FHI]. The source of this article is "Research

Triangle Park, North Carolina, FHI, [1994]. [2] p.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4087-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9087

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