What is the purpose of this toolkit?
Who are the publishers of the resources?
What types of resources are included?
Who are the intended audiences?
How do I get started using this toolkit?
How can I suggest a resource to include in this toolkit?
How can I make a comment or give feedback?
What are K4Health eToolkits?
K4Health Toolkits are electronic collections of carefully selected information resources on a particular topic for health policy makers, program managers, and service providers. They are based on a continuous publishing principle that allows them to evolve after publication to capture additional resources and to identify and fill remaining information gaps.
What is the purpose of this toolkit?
K4Health's predecessor (The INFO Project) initiated the Elements of Family Planning Success activity to provide recommendations made by program managers and policy makers to program managers and policy makers. Health care professionals from around the world identified the top 10 elements essential for the success of family planning programs. The INFO Project and the follow-on K4Health Project then merged this local knowledge with evidence-based information gathered worldwide to develop a package of resources, including this toolkit. (Other resources in the package include a Population Reports issue and Family Planning Programming -- Elements of Success e-learning course.)
Who developed this toolkit?
INFO Project staff surveyed health care professionals around the world on what they felt were the most important elements of successful family planning programs. Survey respondents identified the top 10 elements most important to program success as well as the elements that are the hardest to achieve. Some 500 respondents from 98 countries replied. We followed the survey with a two-week online discussion forum using the Implementing Best Practices Knowledge Gateway. About 280 health care professionals from 60 countries joined the discussion. INFO developed a package of resources based on the survey results, the forum discussion, and a synthesis of evidence-based information. K4Health staff selected the resources in this toolkit and organized them into the 10 categories.
Who are the publishers of the resources?
Resources selected for inclusion in this toolkit were published by the following organizations working throughout the world to promote evidence-based best practices and improve the delivery of health services.
Academy for Educational Development [AED]
Asia-Pacific Population Journal
Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception [AVSC] International
Association of Schools of Public Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]
Chinese Journal of Family Planning
Delivery of Improved Services for Health [DISH]
Department of Reproductive Health and Research of World Health Organization
Family Care International [FCI]
Global Network of People Living with HIV [GNP+]
Health Communication Partnership
IGES
Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health Project [INFO]
International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS [ICW]
International Health Programs [IHP]
International Planned Parenthood Federation [IPPF]
International Youth Foundation
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS [UNAIDS]
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Journal of Reproduction and Contraception
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Management Sciences for Health [MSH]
Maximizing Access and Quality [MAQ] Initiative
National Institutes of Health [NIH]
Patient Education and Counseling
Polimap PolicyMaker 4 Software
Population Leadership Program [PLP]
Population Reference Bureau [PRB]
Population Research and Policy Review
Population Services International [PSI]
Private Sector Partnerships-One [PSP-One]
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health [PATH]
Regional Office for South Asia
Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit [RHRU]
Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
Strengthening the Social Acceptance of Family Planning in the Philippines Project [TSAP-FP]
The WHO Mediterranean Centre for Vulnerability Reduction [WMC]
U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID]
United Nations Children's Fund [UNICEF]
United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA]
United States Department of Health & Human Services
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of the Witwatersrand
World Health Organization [WHO]
What types of resources are included?
- Over two dozen audio and video interviews with family planning experts around the world.
- Up-to-date background and reference materials to design evidence-based, state-of-the art programs.
- Job aids and other tools to increase the effectiveness and quality of program activities and services.
- PowerPoint presentations and other quality information resources that can be downloaded and adapted to better serve local circumstances and languages.
- Various publication formats including books, manuals, briefs, case studies, fact sheets, newsletters, pamphlets, posters, project reports, reviews, teaching and training materials, photos, tools, and job aids.
Who are the intended audiences?
How do I get started using this toolkit?
How can I suggest a resource to include in this toolkit?
How can I make a comment or give feedback?
- Watch video interviews with FP/RH experts.
- Read the Population Reports issue on how to improve FP programs by applying 10 important elements.
- Learn about the Elements of FP Success Online Survey and Global Forum Discussion.
- Take the Global Health eLearning course on FP Programming - Elements of Success (free registration required).
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