Newer innovations in family planning service delivery: A comment on the mobile family planning units

Sir, We read the article "Mobile Family Planning Unit: An Innovation for Expanding Accessibility to Family Planning Services in Bihar" published in the Indian Journal of Public Health, Volume 58, Issue 4, October-December, 2014. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation′s Integrated Family Hea...

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Published inIndian journal of public health Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 236 - 237
Main Author Chauhan, Renu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2015
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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Accessibility
Charities
Contraceptives
Family planning
Health services
Innovations
Occupational health
Public health
Workers
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Summary:Sir, We read the article "Mobile Family Planning Unit: An Innovation for Expanding Accessibility to Family Planning Services in Bihar" published in the Indian Journal of Public Health, Volume 58, Issue 4, October-December, 2014. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation′s Integrated Family Health Initiative (IFHI) Project-proposed innovation of the mobile family planning unit (MFPU) was piloted in Patna district under the hypothesis that MFPUs with trained and skilled providers would increase intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) insertions. The authors have cited lack of trained personnel in public facilities, lack of awareness among Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and Anganwadi Workers (AWW)s, and lack of accessibility to quality IUCD services as the major reasons for the poor acceptance of IUCDs as spacing methods.
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ISSN:0019-557X
2229-7693
DOI:10.4103/0019-557X.164671