Uganda
Workshop: Basics of Community-Based Family Planning
February 26 - March 9, 2007
Kampala, Uganda
CSTS+, the CORE Group, and MIHV conducted an 11-day
workshop on Community-Based Family Planning Programming: The Basics of
Community-Based FP was delivered over the first week (February 26 to March 3,
2007; followed by Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (PDME) of Family
Planning Programs over the second week (March 5 – 9, 2007). There were 27 participants during the first
week and 29 for the second week with most of the participants attending both
courses. Participants came from programs implemented in the following
countries: Angola, Bangladesh, DRC, Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra
Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. Many of the participants had significant
experience in FP programming including community-based programming while some
participants were fairly new to FP. The technical and geographic
diversity of the participants allowed for a rich exchange of knowledge and
experiences between the participants. In addition, the facilitators and
guest presenters were able to draw upon their FP experiences for their
sessions.
The courses are designed to be participatory and build
upon field experiences of the participants. The Basics of Community-Based FP
Course includes the following modules and topics:
· Overview of FP at the Global Level: Gender, Benefits
of FP at the Population and Individual Levels
· Contraceptive Technology and FP Counseling
· Infection Prevention
· FP Service Provision:
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Factors Influencing Service Delivery -
Barriers to FP Services; Models for Service Delivery;
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Strategies for Community-Based FP
Programs – Community Mobilization Strategies; Community Based Distribution
(CBD) of FP Methods
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Quality of Care
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Behavior Change and Communication (BCC)
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Contraceptive Logistics
· FP Programming: Male Involvement; Youth; Integration;
Social Marketing of Contraceptives; and Promising Practices
· Site Visit to a Community-Based FP Program
The Basics of Community-Based FP Programming
Curriculum is based upon technical resources provided by the following
organizations: ACCESS FP, EngenderHealth – ACQUIRE
Project, JSI – DELIVER Project, FHI, JHUCCP – INFO
Project, Macro International DHS materials, ESD Project, Save the Children, MAQ
resources, MSH and the CORE Group materials. To promote linkages and
provide state of the art examples, a number of presentations were made by USAID
bilateral projects illustrating key components for quality FP programming.
The Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
(PDME) Course includes the following modules:
1) Overview of the project design process and
introduction to the results framework
2) Using secondary data and a policy environment scan as
part of the situation analysis
3) Using participatory qualitative assessments as part of
the situation analysis
4) Using health service delivery assessments / health
facility assessments as part of the situation analysis
5) Using organizational capacity assessments as part of
the situation analysis
6) Constructing a results framework and selecting
strategies for impact and sustainability
7) Developing a M&E plan linked to the results
framework
8) Selecting methods for systematic collection of
baseline data linked to the M&E plan
9) Application of skills learned: Critique of real
project designs using a RF approach
The PDME course was originally developed by Save the
Children and then adapted for FP by CSTS+ with funding from the Flexible
Fund.
Some highlights included the participatory nature of the
workshop that led to sharing of experiences and learning from one another; the
poster session; field visit; group work; and the guest and participant
presentations illustrating technical sessions. The guest presentations also
contributed to building linkages and partnerships for programs in Uganda with the larger USAID bilateral programs.
The poster session was an effective and efficient way
for the participants to learn about each other’s projects and is useful for
facilitating participant dialogue if it is included early on in the
training. This was further enhanced by making the poster session a
contest where participants were asked to vote for the best poster in the
following categories: 1) most creative; 2) best use of data; and 3) most
innovative.
Next Steps
Based
upon participant feedback, there is continued interest in both workshops and
there have been requests for this training in French. These two curricula
work well together but require a high degree of familiarity with the two
courses in order to adapt activities and sessions as needed to the
context. The PDME Curriculum may be accessed at http://www.flexfund.org/resources/training/pdme.cfm. The presentations from the Basics of
Community-Based FP may be accessed below.
