Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi

Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi

The objective of the Population and Family Planning (FP) Project, a Learning and Innovation Loan (LIL), was to test the feasibility of a comprehensive and district-wide Community Based Distribution (CBD) approach to Population and Family Planning S...

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Main Author: Prakash, Siddhartha
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ABORTION
ADOLESCENTS
AGED
CLINICS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
DATA COLLECTION
DISTRICTS
FAMILY PLANNING
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH SERVICES
INNOVATION
INTRANET
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LESSONS LEARNED
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
PEER EDUCATION
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RADIO
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPERVISION
TRAINING COURSES
VILLAGES
WORKERS
YOUTH
YOUTH CLUBS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/12/5533997/population-family-planning-lessons-malawi
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spelling okr-10986-96782021-04-23T14:02:46Z Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi Prakash, Siddhartha ABORTION ADOLESCENTS AGED CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DATA COLLECTION DISTRICTS FAMILY PLANNING HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH SERVICES INNOVATION INTRANET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LESSONS LEARNED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS PEER EDUCATION PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT RADIO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPERVISION TRAINING COURSES VILLAGES WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH CLUBS The objective of the Population and Family Planning (FP) Project, a Learning and Innovation Loan (LIL), was to test the feasibility of a comprehensive and district-wide Community Based Distribution (CBD) approach to Population and Family Planning Services in three districts, thereby increasing the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) for modern methods. Rigorous testing of the hypothesis was ensured in the design by selecting control districts and using the same instruments to collect both the baseline and end of project data. The three rural pilot districts - Chitipa, Ntchisi and Chiradzulu, represented the three mains regions of North, South and Central Malawi and were adjacent to the control ones with which they shared comparable socio-demographic characteristics such as household composition (female headship and number of residents), environmental exposure (water sources, latrines) and backgrounds of respondents (age, education, marital status). 2012-08-13T09:15:49Z 2012-08-13T09:15:49Z 2004-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/12/5533997/population-family-planning-lessons-malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9678 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 107 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Malawi
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topic ABORTION
ADOLESCENTS
AGED
CLINICS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
DATA COLLECTION
DISTRICTS
FAMILY PLANNING
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH SERVICES
INNOVATION
INTRANET
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LESSONS LEARNED
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
PEER EDUCATION
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RADIO
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPERVISION
TRAINING COURSES
VILLAGES
WORKERS
YOUTH
YOUTH CLUBS
spellingShingle ABORTION
ADOLESCENTS
AGED
CLINICS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
DATA COLLECTION
DISTRICTS
FAMILY PLANNING
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH SERVICES
INNOVATION
INTRANET
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LESSONS LEARNED
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
PEER EDUCATION
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RADIO
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPERVISION
TRAINING COURSES
VILLAGES
WORKERS
YOUTH
YOUTH CLUBS
Prakash, Siddhartha
Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi
geographic_facet Africa
Malawi
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 107
description The objective of the Population and Family Planning (FP) Project, a Learning and Innovation Loan (LIL), was to test the feasibility of a comprehensive and district-wide Community Based Distribution (CBD) approach to Population and Family Planning Services in three districts, thereby increasing the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) for modern methods. Rigorous testing of the hypothesis was ensured in the design by selecting control districts and using the same instruments to collect both the baseline and end of project data. The three rural pilot districts - Chitipa, Ntchisi and Chiradzulu, represented the three mains regions of North, South and Central Malawi and were adjacent to the control ones with which they shared comparable socio-demographic characteristics such as household composition (female headship and number of residents), environmental exposure (water sources, latrines) and backgrounds of respondents (age, education, marital status).
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Prakash, Siddhartha
author_facet Prakash, Siddhartha
author_sort Prakash, Siddhartha
title Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi
title_short Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi
title_full Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi
title_fullStr Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi
title_full_unstemmed Population and Family Planning : Lessons from Malawi
title_sort population and family planning : lessons from malawi
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/12/5533997/population-family-planning-lessons-malawi
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9678
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