scholarly journals Utilisation, Excess Capacity, and Performance of Family Welfare Centres in a District of Punjab

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (4III) ◽  
pp. 1151-1164
Author(s):  
Khaleda Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Effective Coverage ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Major Mode ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance

The Eighth Five-Year Plan has allocated Rs 9.1 billion to the Population Welfare Programme (PWP) which constitutes 0.5 percent of the total plan size of Rs 1700.5 biIlion (in 1992-93). During 1992-93, a total of Rs 828.9 miIlion was allocated to PWP, of which 85 percent was reported to be utilised, which amounts to Rs 702.87 million. Service delivery of family planning is a major focus and component of the PWP. The major service delivery sources include Family Welfare Centres (FWCs) in both the government and NGO sectors, Mobile Service Units (MSUs), Reproductive Health Services (RHS), Village-based Family Planning Workers (VBFPW), Hakeems, and Private Medical Practitioners, etc. All sources of delivery of family planning during the three decades of programme efforts have achieved the maximum extent of effective coverage, estimated to be between 15-20 percent in early 1990s but no more than 5 percent to rural population [Rukanuddin and Hardee Cleveland (1992)]. Besides limited coverage, the low level of accessibility and limited contraceptive availability, particularly to rural populace, have also seriously affected the performance of the PWP. These concerns have been addressed in the Eighth Five-Year Plan, which aims at increasing the urban coverage from 54 percent to 100 percent and the rural coverage from 5 percent to 70 percent. The major mode of service delivery to increase the rural coverage is the ViII age-based Family Planning Worker (VBFPW) scheme that would offer FP services to approximately 12000 villages. This scheme, however, focuses on non-clinical and temporary methods only.

Information, Education and Communication Needs in Family Planning: The Case of Pakistan

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Cernada ◽  
A. K. Ubaidur Rob
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The People ◽  
The Family ◽  
Service Delivery Systems ◽  
National Family Planning ◽  
The Government ◽  
Communication Needs

In spite of three decades of national family planning programmes, Pakistan's contraceptive prevalence rate was only 12 percent in 1991. Furthermore, the government family planning service delivery systems, primarily the family welfare center (FWC), cover less than 10 percent of the people in rural areas. Although there are cultural and religious constraints to social change, it can be argued effectively from recent surveys that there is a considerable need for family planning that has yet to be met. Certain barriers to, and options for, meeting this need are reviewed, particularly in terms of strengthening information, communication and education (TEC) at the community level.

A Situation Analysis of Public Family Planning Service Delivery in Pakistan

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Cernada ◽  
A. K. Ubaidur Rob ◽  
Sara I. Ameen ◽  
Muhammad Shafiq Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Family Planning Service ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Situation Analysis ◽  
Planning Service ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Contraceptive Usage ◽  
Service Training ◽  
The Government

A nationally representative sample of 8 percent of the Government of Pakistan's primary family planning service facilities, the Family Welfare Centres (FWC), was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Population Welfare in mid-1992. The “situation analysis” approach used involved: 1) observation and inventory of services, facilities, supplies and record keeping reviews; 2) observation of interaction between service providers and FP clients at FWC's; 3) interviews with service providers; and 4) exit interviews with FP clients after service provision. This one-day on-site observation by teams of three interviewers provided a unique overview and baseline assessment of the availability of services, the staff functioning and the quality of service. Significant findings include a low caseload, inadequacies of facilities, some stockouts, lack of educational materials, insufficient outreach, unnecessary medical and social barriers to providing contraception as well as in some cases insufficient information to clients about contraindications to contraceptive usage and possible side-effects. The need to bolster in-service training and supervision is emphasized.

Sociocultural and Institutional Constraints to Family Planning Uptake Among Migrant Female Head Porters in Madina, a Suburb of Accra, Ghana

Affilia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 088610992095441
Author(s):  
Petronella Munemo ◽  
Alice Boateng ◽  
Mavis Dako-Gyeke
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Female Head ◽  
The Government ◽  
Institutional Challenges

There are many impediments to family planning uptake by migrant women, which are likely to hinder their right to decide and use contraception. In this study, the authors investigated migrant women’s family planning practices. The researchers conducted 22 qualitative interviews with migrant female head porters in a suburban community in Ghana. Our analysis showed that a combination of social and cultural barriers impede effective family planning uptake by migrant female head porters. Further analysis revealed institutional challenges as constraining in access to and utilization of family planning services by migrant female head porters. Based on our analysis, we conclude that migrant female head porters face many barriers to family planning uptake and thus recommend that the government of Ghana (Ministry of Health), policy makers, and other stakeholders take measures to ensure universal access to sexual reproductive health services and reproductive rights.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENGELOLAAN PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN EKONOMI KELUARGA PERWAKILAN BADAN KEPENDUDUKAN KELUARGA BERENCANA NASIONAL (BKKBN) PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA TAHUN 2013 – 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 836
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ancha Sitorus
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Total Fertility Rate ◽  
Program Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
The Government ◽  
North Sumatra

AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi peranan kelompok Usaha Peningkatan Pendapatan Keluarga Sejahtera (UPPKS) dalam pemberdayaan ekonomi keluarga serta peningkatkan keterlibatan keluarga dalam KB. Hal ini diharapkan dapat memberikan kontribusi terhadap penurunan angka kemiskinan serta penurunan angka Total Fertility Rate (TFR). Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode evaluasi dengan teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan analisis data sekunder kemudian melakukan verifikasi data dengan wawancara kepada pengelola UPPKS di BkkbN Perwakilan Provinsi Sumatera Utara yakni Kepala Kantor Perwakilan BKKBN Sumatera Utara, Kepala Bidang Keluarga Sejahtera dan Kepala Sub Bidang Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Keluarga. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data kelompok UPPKS selama lima tahun terakhir, penganggaran dana untuk pengembangan kelompok mengalami fluktuasi sehingga mempengaruhi kondisi keterlibatan anggota kelompok termasuk keturutsertaan dalam ber-KB. Terdapat 1.667 jumlah kelompok UPPKS dan hanya diikuti oleh 1,95% keluarga Pra Sejahtera dan Sejahtera I dari total 558.781 keluarga keluarga Pra Sejahtera dan Sejahtera I yang ada di Sumatera Utara. Anggota kelompok UPPKS yang ber KB 1,87% dari total 558.781 keluarga. Hal ini disebabkan beberapa faktor seperti penurunan anggaran akibat efisiensi oleh pemerintah, penambahan mitra yang membantu pendampingan kelompok UPPKS belum signifikan dan pengurangan akses modal di kelompok yang harus mengembalikan dana modal kelompok ke kas Negara.Kata Kunci: Ekonomi Keluarga, Kelompok UPPKS, Analisis ProgramAbstractThis study aims to evaluate the role Usaha Peningkatan Pendapatan Keluarga Sejahtera (UPPKS) in economic empowerment and capacity building in family planning. This can provide information about reducing poverty and decreasing the total fertility rate (TFR). The research method is evaluate method used secondary data analysis using which was then verified by interviewing the UPPKS organizer in BkkbN Representative of North Sumatra Province, Head of BKKBN North Sumatra Representative Office, Head of the Family Welfare Division and Head of Family Economic Empowerment Sub-Sector. Based on the results of the UPPKS group data analysis over the past five years, budgeting of funds to develop these groups affects the conditions in the KB. There are 1,667 number welfare family I of UPPKS groups and only 1.95% of families from the total of 558,781 families. Members of the UPPKS group whose family planning is 1.87% of the total 558,781 families. This is caused by several factors that are very helpful by the government, and partners who help mentoring UPPKS groups have not been significant and access capital in groups that are not yet complete.Keywords: Family Economic, UPPKS Group, Program Analysis

scholarly journals An Analysis of Reproductive Health Issues in Pakistan

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (4II) ◽  
pp. 675-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naushin Mahmood ◽  
Durr-e- Nayab
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
Fertility Reduction ◽  
The Government

Population programmes in many developing countries have emphasised on family planning services driven largely by numbers and demographic targets. With the advent of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, it has been recognised to move beyond a narrow focus on family planning to a more comprehensive concern of reproductive health oriented towards meeting the needs of individuals and families. This advocated shift in population and development strategy, especially in health emphasises that services be offered to women, men and adolescents with a special focus on fulfilling women’s health needs, safeguarding their reproductive rights and involving men as equal partners in meeting the goal of responsible parenthood [United Nations (1995)]. In response to ICPD’s mandate, Pakistan’s population programme has increasingly been focussed on various aspects of reproductive health and is in the process of broadening the scope of services for a transition to reproductive health without losing focus on achieving fertility reduction goal. In this regard, the government has adopted a comprehensive population and development policy incorporating an array of reproductive health services and has integrated population and health departments and their activities in dealing with RH problems. Under the consideration that the revised programme can not simultaneously address all of the RH problems, an integrated National Reproductive Health Services Package has been developed to provide services to eligible women, men and adolescents [Pakistan (1999)]. The major components of RH package include:

scholarly journals Integration of reproductive health service for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh

2003 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Delivery System ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Male Clients ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Promotional Efforts ◽  
The Government ◽  
Substantial Rise

Over the last 30 years, Bangladesh’s national family planning (FP) program has mainly concentrated its promotional efforts on women’s adoption of FP. While the government policy has been effective in influencing women to accept contraceptive methods, men’s role in FP has been completely neglected. Similarly, male RH services are hardly available at Health and Family Welfare Centres (HFWCs). This report describes a project aimed at integrating male RH services within the existing government female-focused health-care-delivery system. The study was implemented by NIPORT in collaboration with the Directorate of Family Planning and the Population Council. Interventions resulted in a substantial rise of male clients in the clinics, however nearly all came for the treatment of general health problems. Only a small number of male RTI/STI clients sought services from the clinics. Although unexpected, there was a substantial rise in the number of female clients. The study concluded that RH services for men could be easily integrated into HFWCs without affecting the female and child focus of the clinics and that augmentation of the total number of patients at HFWCs will lead to more effective use of resources and decreased cost of treatment.

Family-Planning Knowledge and Attitude Surveys in Pakistan (Review Article)

1964 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khurshid Haroon ◽  
Yasmin Azra Jan
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Family Planning Programme ◽  
The Family ◽  
National Family ◽  
National Family Planning ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Government

Very little of the intense interest and activity in the field of family planning in Pakistan has come up in the form of publications. Since the formation of the Family Planning Association of Pakistan in 1953 and the initiative of the government in promoting a national family-planning programme in its Second Five-Year Plan, relatively few reports have been printed. Most of what has been written in Pakistan about family planning has either been reported at conferences abroad or published in foreign journals, or submitted as graduate dissertations at universities within the country and abroad1. While numerous papers presented at conferences in Pakistan have been given limited circulation in mimeographed form2, much of the preliminary data, emanating from most of the action-research projects in progress, are held up till substantive demographic changes are measured and approaches evaluated accordingly.

Strategic Innovation and Service Delivery in Public Universities in Kenya: A Case of Kenyatta University

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (III) ◽  
pp. 199-211
Author(s):  
Stella Gati Maroa ◽  
Mary Namusonge
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Policy Objective ◽  
The Public ◽  
Strategic Innovation ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Government

Strategic innovation is a strategic tool that can be used to align the institution’s resources and capabilities with opportunities in the external environment in order to enhance survival and long term success of the organization.  Innovation promotes use of technology consequently impacting positively on service delivery. Public universities reforms have been a necessary and on-going policy objective for the Government of Kenya. Innovation as one of the approaches to the reforms is intended to induce an overhaul the public university system to better serve the needs of both government and the citizens with improved delivery of public services. In Kenya technology in public institutions has not been effectively used to enhance service delivery more so institutions where technology use has been embraced, its impact on service delivery has not been assessed effectively. This study applied the institutional theory, diffusion of innovation theory and stakeholders theory of management to determine how strategic innovation at Kenyatta University impacts on service delivery. The general objective of this study therefore was to determine the effect of strategic innovation on service delivery in Kenyatta University. Specific objectives included finding out the influence of eLearning, online student registration and use of e-messaging services on service delivery in Kenyatta University. A population of 72,000 students admitted to Kenyatta University was used from which random sampling was conducted to a sample of 200 students using Nassiuma’s formula. Data was collected by disbursing physically the questionnaires to the students. Descriptive and regression analysis was conducted using SPSS 22 to provide findings on the study. The study conducted a multiple regression analysis to estimate the model for the study. The study had a coefficient of correlation R of 0.912 an indication of strong of correlation between the variables and a coefficient of adjusted R2 was 0.814.This means that there was a significant correlations between the variables and service delivery at Kenyatta University however other factors that are not considered in the research paper contribute approximately 18.6% of the service delivery at Kenyatta University. Therefore, a very extensive further research is highly required to investigate and come up with other factors of the viability to service delivery at Kenyatta University. The study concluded that the strategic innovation of the public universities ranges from the products and services offered and is determined by the technology that is revolutionizing the current global world and has improved the service delivery at Kenyatta University. A strategic innovation brings a lot of advantages and has a great impact on human and business daily life. Therefore, strategic innovation development is the best choice in helping higher institution of learning stay on track.

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