The Road to Equity in Family Planning: Incorporating the Social Determinants of Health

Highlighting the intersection between structural factors and healthcare access, this technical resource provides a practical framework for integrating the social determinants of health into voluntary family planning programs. The document outlines how underlying socio-economic conditions, educational attainment, gender dynamics, and geographic barriers shape individual health choices and access to quality care. It presents operational strategies for program planners to design equitable behavioral interventions that address root systemic inequities alongside individual behavior change. SBC practitioners, global health advocates, and policy makers can utilize these insights to foster health equity and ensure voluntary family planning services reach underserved populations.

Recent Webinars

Why Do We Need to Elevate the S in SBC to Improve FP/RH Outcomes?

This webinar made the case for explicitly considering and addressing equity and social determinants of health in social and behavior change programming for family planning and reproductive health.

This webinar focused on how social and behavior change programming is well suited to addressing equity and social determinants of health in family planning/reproductive health.

This webinar focused on social accountability as a critical process that can be further leveraged across social and behavior change programming to address equity and social determinants of health to shape and influence family planning and reproductive health outcomes.