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The role of the Standard Days Method in modern family planning services in developing countries
BACKGROUND: The mere availability of family planning (FP) services is not sufficient to improve reproductive health; services must also be of adequate quality. The introduction of new contraceptive methods is a means of improving quality of care. The Standard Days Method (SDM) is a new fertility-awa...
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Informa Healthcare
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22681177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13625187.2012.677077 |
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author | Lundgren, Rebecka I. Karra, Mihira V. Yam, Eileen A. |
author_facet | Lundgren, Rebecka I. Karra, Mihira V. Yam, Eileen A. |
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description | BACKGROUND: The mere availability of family planning (FP) services is not sufficient to improve reproductive health; services must also be of adequate quality. The introduction of new contraceptive methods is a means of improving quality of care. The Standard Days Method (SDM) is a new fertility-awareness-based contraceptive method that has been successfully added to reproductive health care services around the world. CONTENT: Framed by the Bruce-Jain quality-of-care paradigm, this paper describes how the introduction of SDM in developing country settings can improve the six elements of quality while contributing to the intrinsic variety of available methods. SDM meets the needs of women and couples who opt not to use other modern methods. SDM providers are sensitised to the potential of fertility-awareness-based contraception as an appropriate choice for these clients. SDM requires the involvement of both partners and thus offers a natural entry point for providers to further explore partner communication, intimate partner violence, condoms, and HIV/STIs. CONCLUSION: SDM introduction broadens the range of FP methods available to couples in developing countries. SDM counselling presents an opportunity for FP providers to discuss important interpersonal and reproductive health issues with potential users. |
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spelling | pubmed-37932802013-10-11 The role of the Standard Days Method in modern family planning services in developing countries Lundgren, Rebecka I. Karra, Mihira V. Yam, Eileen A. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care Commentary BACKGROUND: The mere availability of family planning (FP) services is not sufficient to improve reproductive health; services must also be of adequate quality. The introduction of new contraceptive methods is a means of improving quality of care. The Standard Days Method (SDM) is a new fertility-awareness-based contraceptive method that has been successfully added to reproductive health care services around the world. CONTENT: Framed by the Bruce-Jain quality-of-care paradigm, this paper describes how the introduction of SDM in developing country settings can improve the six elements of quality while contributing to the intrinsic variety of available methods. SDM meets the needs of women and couples who opt not to use other modern methods. SDM providers are sensitised to the potential of fertility-awareness-based contraception as an appropriate choice for these clients. SDM requires the involvement of both partners and thus offers a natural entry point for providers to further explore partner communication, intimate partner violence, condoms, and HIV/STIs. CONCLUSION: SDM introduction broadens the range of FP methods available to couples in developing countries. SDM counselling presents an opportunity for FP providers to discuss important interpersonal and reproductive health issues with potential users. Informa Healthcare 2012-08 2012-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3793280/ /pubmed/22681177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13625187.2012.677077 Text en © 2012 The European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Lundgren, Rebecka I. Karra, Mihira V. Yam, Eileen A. The role of the Standard Days Method in modern family planning services in developing countries |
title | The role of the Standard Days Method in modern family planning services in developing countries |
title_full | The role of the Standard Days Method in modern family planning services in developing countries |
title_fullStr | The role of the Standard Days Method in modern family planning services in developing countries |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of the Standard Days Method in modern family planning services in developing countries |
title_short | The role of the Standard Days Method in modern family planning services in developing countries |
title_sort | role of the standard days method in modern family planning services in developing countries |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22681177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13625187.2012.677077 |
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