Family Health International (FHI) is pleased to announce the release of
a series of four new Training and Reference Guides for Family Planning
Screening Checklists. The Guides can be downloaded in French and English
at:
http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/servdelivery/checklists/Guides.htm

Designed for use by program managers, administrators, trainers, and
service providers, the Training and Reference Guides accompany FHI's
checklists for screening women who wish to initiate use of combined oral
contraceptives (COCs), injectables (DMPA and NET-EN), and the copper
intrauterine device (IUD). A fourth checklist, entitled How to be
Reasonable Sure a Client is not Pregnant, enables providers to rule out
pregnancy among nonmenstruating women seeking to initiate the
contraceptive method of their choice at the time of their visit. The
checklists are available in various languages and may be accessed by
clicking on the following link:
http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/servdelivery/checklists/index.htm

Both the checklists and the guides are based on the most recent
recommendations for contraceptive use published by the World Health
Organization in Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (WHO
2004), as well as on criteria established by WHO to identify situations
that effectively prevent a woman from getting pregnant.

The new guides are designed to serve as both training and reference
tools. Each guide provides a four-to-six-hour curriculum for training
service providers to use the related checklist and a CD-ROM containing
key resources needed during the training. Each guide also includes a
collection of essential, up-to-date reference materials on the validity,
effectiveness and use of the checklist, recommendations on adapting the
checklist to the local context, basic evidence-based information on the
family planning method in question, and an annotated bibliography.

Printed copies of the Training and Reference Guides are available at no
cost to organizations and libraries in developing countries. Electronic
copies are available for download by US and European requestors. To
request printed copies, please email your request to
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David Hock
Family Health International
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