Preventive and Reproductive Health Services for Women: The Role of California's Family Planning Waiver

Abstract This opinion article brings considerations about advantages and challenges with the use of telehealth in sexual and reproductive health services aiming family planning in the face of COVID-19 pandemic new scenario.

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Conclusion

10.1093/oso/9780190876128.003.0007 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

Cost Effective Approach ◽

Restrictive Legislation

Chapter 7 concludes by highlighting the three biggest messages from the analysis presented in this book: (1) the global gag rule has failed to achieve its goal of reducing abortions; (2) restrictive legislation is associated with more unsafe abortions; and (3) the expanded global gag rule is likely to have negative repercussions across a range of health outcomes for women, children, and men. They are simple but powerful messages that should be heard by policymakers over the voices calling for an ideologically based policy that fails to achieve its desired outcome. The chapter closes with a more constructive and cost-effective approach for US family-planning assistance that targets integrated reproductive health services.

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Challenges for Transforming Family Planning Rights into Practices in Nepal

Health Prospect ◽

10.3126/hprospect.v12i2.9874 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 42-46

Author(s):

Khadga Bahadur Shrestha

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

Family Planning Services ◽

Developing Nation ◽

Active Involvement ◽

Self Reliance ◽

High Level

Transforming family planning rights into practices is not an easy task especially in a developing nation like Nepal where society is patriarchal and literacy is low. Besides, coverage and quality of reproductive health services and active involvement of the community is crucial in the transformation. For properly addressing these challenges, all the sectors that provide family planning services need to act on advocacy, creating demand, reshaping service delivery, sustainability (financial and self-reliance) and high level political and financial commitments are necessary.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v12i2.9874 Health Prospect Vol.12(2) 2013: 42-46

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Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding implants among women of childbearing age

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association ◽

10.47391/jpma.971 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Irshad Begum Shaikh ◽

Syed Imtiaz Ahmed Jafry ◽

Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi ◽

Syeda Nadia Firdous ◽

Admin

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Contraceptive Method ◽

Women Of Childbearing Age ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

Childbearing Age ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Child Bearing

Abstract A cross-sectional survey was conducted from February 2016 to September 2016 to assess knowledge, attitude and practices regarding implants among women of childbearing age visiting Reproductive Health Services Center, Civil Hospital,Karachi. A total of 396 adult non-pregnant married females of child bearing age, from 18 to 49 years old, were interviewed using a structured questionnaire.Only153 (38.6%) of therespondentshad knowledge about implants whereas out of them 122 (79.7%) acquired it from family planning clinics. Almost two third of them (n=267, 67.4%) were in favor of using implants as a contraceptive method. Moreover, 244 (61.6%) of them were of the opinion that if given the choice, they will use implanon though out of total 316 (79.8%) respondents who ever used contraceptives, only 3 (0.9%) used implants.Despiteafavorable attitude, limited knowledge and poor practices of the respondents highlighted the study findings. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Contraception, Progestins, Continuous...

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Adolescents’ utilization of reproductive health services in Kaduna, Nigeria: the role of stigma

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies ◽

10.1080/17450128.2020.1800156 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 246-256

Author(s):

Awawu Grace Nmadu ◽

Suraya Mohamed ◽

Nafisat Ohunene Usman

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Reproductive Health Services

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“The Financial Is the Main Issue, It’s Not Even the Child”: Exploring the Role of Finances in Men’s Concepts of Fatherhood and Fertility Intention

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988318775189 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 1074-1083 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Megan Hamm ◽

Elizabeth Miller ◽

Lovie Jackson Foster ◽

Mario Browne ◽

Sonya Borrero

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Low Income ◽

Financial Stability ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Fertility Intention ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

Family Planning Services

Despite demonstrable need, men’s utilization of sexual and reproductive health services remains low. This low utilization may particularly affect low-income men, given the disproportionate prevalence of unintended pregnancy in low-income populations. Bolstering men’s utilization of sexual and reproductive health services requires understanding the services that are most relevant to them. Semistructured interviews about fatherhood, fertility intention, and contraceptive use were conducted with 58 low-income Black and White men in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The interviews were analyzed using content analysis to determine common themes that were most relevant to the men interviewed. The primacy of financial stability emerged as a dominant theme in men’s perceptions of fatherhood readiness, successful fathering, and fertility intentions. However, men had children despite feeling financially unprepared, and their contraceptive use was not always congruent with their stated fertility intentions. Some men described financial services as a feature of family planning services that they would find useful. Because of the salience of financial stability in preparation for fatherhood, integrating financial counseling and job skills training into the context of sexual and reproductive health services could be a useful structural intervention to increase men’s use of family planning services and to provide them with the support they say they need as fathers.

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