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Postpartum Family Planning Materials Development Workshop

This document provides the outline and instructions for a materials development workshop which took place in Nigeria in 2008 to develop materials for postpartum family planning.

The objectives of the workshop were to:

  1. Give an overview of postpartum family planning in the context of emergency obstetric and neonatal care
  2. Review key findings from the formative research to identify facilitators and barriers to FP method use
  3. Review materials development process and agree on materials to be developed
  4. Adapt and/or develop images and messages for about 3-4 counseling cards (pregnancy risk, LAM, other modern methods )and ensure consistency with existing counseling cards
  5. Develop take home materials for a low literacy population
  6. Develop content, images and messages for posters
  7. Discuss pre-test for new materials

Source: USAID

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Modern Aspects of Family Planning Training Curriculum

This manual is from the Healthy Women of Ukraine (HWUP) program. The goal of HWUP, which runs from 2011-2016, is to protect the reproductive health of Ukrainian women and couples by increasing the appropriate and effective use of modern methods of contraception as an alternative to unintended pregnancy and associated abortion. HWUP was a follow-on project to an earlier program, Together for Health, which ran from from 2006-2011.

Evaluation of the project thus far shows the following;

  • 7.8 million Ukrainians have been reached with the program’s messages
  • More than 25,000 people, mainly youth, have participated in FP/RH education sessions
  • 87% of education session participants plan to use modern family planning methods in the future
  • The number of access points for family planning and reproductive services has increased more than 300% in HWUP partner oblasts
  • More than 2,600 health care providers have been trained in modern family planning approaches and counseling

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This curriculum is from the Healthy Women of Ukraine (HWUP) program. The goal of HWUP, which runs from 2011-2016, is to protect the reproductive health of Ukrainian women and couples by increasing the appropriate and effective use of modern methods of contraception as an alternative to unintended pregnancy and associated abortion. HWUP was a follow-on project to an earlier program, Together for Health, which ran from from 2006-2011.

Evaluation of the project thus far shows the following;

  • 7.8 million Ukrainians have been reached with the program’s messages
  • More than 25,000 people, mainly youth, have participated in FP/RH education sessions
  • 87% of education session participants plan to use modern family planning methods in the future
  • The number of access points for family planning and reproductive services has increased more than 300% in HWUP partner oblasts
  • More than 2,600 health care providers have been trained in modern family planning approaches and counseling

This curriculum is for a 5-day training on “Modern Aspects of Family Planning” aimed at improving the professional level of health care providers in both theoretical and practical contexts. The curriculum includes description of material covered on each day.

Source: Healthy Women of Ukraine Program (HWUP)

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Maisha Bora Curriculum (Healthy Lives)

The “Maisha Bora” (Healthy Lives) Curriculum provides comprehensive life skills-based HIV prevention education for young people.

The curriculum was developed in Tanzania but has also been adapted for use in Zambia. This manual was designed as a guide for peer educators in promoting sexual and reproductive health knowledge and positive healthy behaviors, but it can also serve as a resource for any individual who works with young people. It was developed in recognition of the fact that young people are one of the most vulnerable groups who account for the greater percentage of new HIV infections.

Maisha Bora was evaluated in 2010. The findings showed that youth who received outreach/information through the peer educators using the curriculum increased their knowledge and attitudes around key topics such as HIV education and prevention, as evidenced by pre- and post-tests.

Source: International Youth Foundation

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Implementing Integrated Population, Health and Environment Interventions in the Lake Victoria Basin

The HoPE-LVB Project employs a PHE approach that gives underserved families and communities living in the Lake Victoria Basin the knowledge and skills to improve their health, reduce poverty and increase their capacity to sustainably manage natural resources.

The aim of this training curriculum is to help HoPE-LVB build the technical knowledge and skills needed to support implementation of cross-sectoral integrated PHE activities among community leaders and members, as well as local government partners and other NGO colleagues who are interested in replicating the HoPE-LVB model throughout the Lake Victoria Basin and beyond.

The curriculum is designed for a 3.5 day training but in some communities depending on the capacity to absorb the content, it may take longer. The trainer should design the training based on adequate knowledge about the trainees. The Curriculum contains 13 modules.

Source: Pathfinder International

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Fistula Care Training Package for Health Workers

This training package contains materials to train health workers on obstetric fistula prevention, identification, and pre-repair care. The course contains a participant handbook, a facilitator manual, ten modules, a variety of visual aids, and supplementary handouts.

Source: EngenderHealth

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Curriculum for Methods of Contraception: Post-partum and Post-Abortion

This curriculum is from the Healthy Women of Ukraine (HWUP) program. The goal of HWUP, which runs from 2011-2016, is to protect the reproductive health of Ukrainian women and couples by increasing the appropriate and effective use of modern methods of contraception as an alternative to unintended pregnancy and associated abortion. HWUP was a follow-on project to an earlier program, Together for Health, which ran from from 2006-2011.

Evaluation of the project thus far shows the following;

  • 7.8 million Ukrainians have been reached with the program’s messages
  • More than 25,000 people, mainly youth, have participated in FP/RH education sessions
  • 87% of education session participants plan to use modern family planning methods in the future
  • The number of access points for family planning and reproductive services has increased more than 300% in HWUP partner oblasts
  • More than 2,600 health care providers have been trained in modern family planning approaches and counseling

This is a curriculum for a 3-day training on methods of contraception during the post-partum and post-abortion period. It includes a description of what should be covered on each day and was developed to train healthcare providers who provide FP/RH services to improve their quality of service for women in the post-partum and post-abortion period

Source: Healthy Women of Ukraine Program (HWUP)

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Cultivons Les Relations

This is the French language version of “Nurturing Connections.”

The Nurturing Connections curriculum for gender and nutrition, initially developed by Helen Keller International (HKI) in Bangladesh, was inspired by the peer-based “Stepping Stones” program addressing HIV/AIDS and sexual health in Africa. Both approaches recognize that behavior change is a process that requires internalizing new concepts, that gender norms are driven by community norms and group dynamics, and that adults learn best through action and experience. The curriculum can be adapted to other contexts in Asia. A French language edition, Cultivons les Relations, was developed and tested in West Africa by HKI and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW).

Nurturing Connections draws on HKI’s decades of experience implementing Enhanced Homestead Food Production (EHFP), an intervention that has been used to empower women in their capacity to produce and contribute to household income while improving the quality and diversity of nutrition for their children and themselves. Nurturing Connections supports not just young women, but also their husbands, fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law, as all family members as well as the surrounding community must work together to confront and overturn gender-based discrimination. The process involves a series of facilitated discussions of two to three hours in length are conducted in each community among peer groups: a group of women (beneficiaries), a group of their husbands, and a group of influential elders.

The curriculum consists of four “Blocks”, or topics, each of which is delivered in weekly discussions over a four week period: 1. Let’s Communicate; 2. Understanding Perceptions and Gender; 3. Negotiating Power; and 4. Acting for Change.

Source: Helen Keller International

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Counseling the Traumatic Fistula Client

This supplement complements the counseling curriculum to address the physical, social, and psychological impacts specific to traumatic fistula. The supplement also provides information on how health care providers working with traumatic fistula clients can seek support for themselves. Much of the content in that curriculum is also applicable to counseling the traumatic fistula client. However, because traumatic fistula is the result of sexual and gender-based violence, additional or different issues also need to be addressed in the training. Much of the training deals with sensitizing the counselor to the trauma which the patient has endured.

Source: EngenderHealth

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Counseling the Obstetric Fistula Patient: A Training Curriculum

The goal of this curriculum is to prepare service providers at all levels to provide information and counseling to fistula clients, including referral for treatment and recovery services and counseling for related issues outside their usual scope of work.

As a result of this training, providers will be able to use communication and counseling skills to perform the following counseling tasks:

  • Assess the client’s needs and concerns
  • Provide accurate information on the following: what a fistula is, the causes of fistula, means of preventing fistula, and treatment and self care for fistula; pre- and post-operative fistula care
  • Provide support to the client and her partner/family, as appropriate before, during, and after fistula repair
  • Help the client make decisions about family planning, prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and receipt of other reproductive health services
  • Provide counseling to the client’s partner and/or family (when available and with the client’s permission)

Source: EngenderHealth

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Change Starts at Home B.I.G Change Curriculum

The Change Starts at Home intervention was created in Nepal to address the large percentage of women affected by intimate partner violence. Focused on an innovative radio program and weekly listening and discussion group meetings, the Change Starts at Home approach uses media and peer to peer support to address social norms, attitudes, and behaviors that perpetuate and support intimate partner violence.

At the heart of the approach is this BIG (B: Begin to Question, I: Impart Life Skills and G: Go!) Change curriculum. This 9 month, interactive curriculum was developed for the facilitators of the Change Starts at Home Listening and Discussion Groups (LDGs). It is designed to support weekly facilitated sessions with group members that run in parallel to the radio program.

Change Starts at Home is one of the first interventions of its kind in Nepal to take a multi-pronged approach to IPV, working simultaneously with couples, families and community leaders to drive a change in community attitudes towards violence against women and girls. Whilst the project’s main objective is to give married couples the knowledge, skills, and space to safely address power imbalances in their relationships, the impact is reinforced by activities that aim to bring couples, their family members and community leaders together in a movement to change social attitudes and practices towards girls and women in Nepal.

The impact of the project is being rigorously evaluated using a Randomised Control Trial to examine potential pathways of change.

The project is implemented by Equal Access International and funded by UK aid from the UK government, via the What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls Global Programme. The funds were managed by the South African Medical Research Council. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.’ The BIG Change Curriculum is also available in Nepali. For more information contact gferguson@equalaccess.org / Bshrestha@equalaccess.org

Source: Equal Access International

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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