To promote greater access to family planning and reproductive health, Family
Health International (FHI) has developed checklists for health workers.
Based on criteria prepared by the World Health Organization and the U.S.
Agency for International Development, the checklists are designed to aid
health workers in their efforts to help family planning clients make
informed choices about safe and effective use of contraception.
FHI has prepared three checklists for health workers:
* A checklist to rule out pregnancy. Designed to help clinic-based
health workers determine whether non-menstruating women can safely use oral
contraceptives or intrauterine devices.
(http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/pregckl.html
<http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/pregckl.html> )
* A checklist to determine eligibility to use combined oral
contraceptives (COCs). This checklist is designed for use by community-based
health workers. (http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/cocchkl.html
<http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/cocchkl.html> )
* A checklist to determine eligibility to use the injectables DMPA or
NET-EN. This checklist is designed for community-based health workers.
(http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/dmpackl.html
<http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/checklistse/chklstfpe/dmpackl.html> )
Checklists are available in English, French and Spanish.
Other checklist materials posted on the FHI Web site include a question and
answer handout, a brief annotated bibliograpy of additional reading
materials, and guidelines for using checklists. For more information,
contact [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
More than 1,200 full-text materials in English, Spanish and French are
available on our Web site: http://www.fhi.org. <http://www.fhi.org/>
FHI is committed to helping women and men have access to safe, effective,
acceptable and affordable family planning methods to ensure that they
achieve their desired number and spacing of children; preventing the spread
of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); and improving
the health of women and children.
David Hock
Senior Information Projects Coordinator
Family Health International
e-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
