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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Defining quality in family planning services.

AUTHORS

Harris J; Peckham S; Walsh J

SOURCE

British Journal of Family Planning. 1997 Jan;22(4):174-6.

ABSTRACT

Developing countries have had a higher level of discussion on quality of service in family planning programs and on

what quality standards should be applied to these services than has the UK. Different approaches to measuring

quality of health care services exist. The system approach focuses on the structure of the service, the processes of

service delivery, and the outcomes of service provision. It does not include the perspective of the service user,

service providers, managers, and purchasers, however. Users' definitions of quality outcome must be incorporated

into frameworks for measuring the quality of the process and structure. In developing countries prior to the 1980s,

access to services largely defined quality of family planning services. The assumption of geographical access has

also been promoted in the UK. Yet, the association between accessibility of services and contraceptive use and

discontinuation is more complex. Frameworks applied in developing countries now include choice of methods

available, information given to clients, technical competence of providers, provider-user interpersonal relations,

mechanisms for follow-up and continuity of care, whether existing constellations of services are appropriate, and

identification of administrative and medical barriers to access. Bruce's framework looks at the inputs necessary to

achieve quality (policy and political support, appropriate program management/structures, and adequate resources)

and identifies the effects of quality provision (client knowledge, client satisfaction, client health, and contraceptive

use, acceptance, and continuation). Family planning services in the UK are not using any of these frameworks. The

UK needs to first define quality in family planning programs and then discuss how to achieve it. A national

multidisciplinary group on family planning quality standards should be established to research, discuss, and

determine the appropriate objectives and quality standards of family planning service. The resulting framework would

be used to evaluate and monitor quality of programs. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 537-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Defining quality in family planning services.", is(are) Harris

J; Peckham S; Walsh J. The source of this article is "British Journal of Family Planning. 1997 Jan;22(4):174-6.".

This article was published in 1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 537-06. All

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