Elements of Family Planning Success

This framework is a guide for our IPPF Member Associations and affiliated/partner organisations.

It builds upon, and complements, existing frameworks and provides an IPPF perspective on peer education.

It can be used by:

- programme designers
- managers
- coordinators
- senior managers overseeing larger peer education initiatives
- supervisors
- trainers
- young people

This online training course is based on the issue of Population Reports, "Elements of Success in Family Planning Programming." It summarizes the core factors contributing to success in family planning programming, as identified by family planning professionals around the world. It highlights program experiences, best practices, and lessons learned. These guiding principles can help family planning professionals plan new programs, make improvements to existing programs, and prepare for future developments and challenges. The course is free and available to all who are interested.

Family Health International's Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Technologies and Research Utilization (CRTU) program is pleased to announce the release of a new family planning checklist for screening clients who want to initiate the use of contraceptive implants.

The Balanced Counseling Strategy (BCS) was developed by the Population Council to improve client–provider interaction in family planning provision. The process, tested and refined in several countries, involves a set of steps to determine the method that best suits the client according to her/his preferences and reproductive health intentions.

This kit provides information and tools with which decision-makers can advocate for and initiate community-based distribution (CBD) of the injectable contraceptive depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA or Depo-Provera). Drawing on research and programs from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the kit presents seven briefs with evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of CBD provision of DMPA. It discusses best practices for successful CBD of DMPA provision, such as training, counseling, and ensuring supply.

This package can help inform policy-makers, program managers, and donors on the benefits of and approaches for introducing or revitalizing long-acting and permanent methods (LAPMs) within national reproductive health and family planning programs in Africa.

The Training and Reference Guides for Family Planning Screening Checklists are a series of four publications designed for program managers, administrators, trainers, and service providers interested in learning how to use the checklists to screen women wishing to initiate use of family planning methods, including combined oral contraceptives (COCs), injectables (DMPA and NET-EN), the copper intrauterine device (IUD), and implants (available soon).

This article provides a perspective on the importance of education and training for workers.

This article presents examples of tools and methodolgy for performance improvement and advocates for rapid needs assessment tools, tools to assist in working with stakeholders,  and simpler and more cost effective tools.

These assessment tools are designed to help program managers improve the quality of family planning counseling by enhancing service provider interpersonal communication skills. A set of four evaluation instruments provide managers with information about service provider strengths and weaknesses in counseling clients through a combination of first-hand observation and highly structured interviews.