HC Fam planning

FAMILY PLANNING

Family planning allows individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their birth (WHO)

SIX FACETS OF FP QUALITY CARE

1. Choice Methods
2. Technical Competence of Providers
3. Informing and Counseling Clients
4. Interpersonal relations
5. Mechanisms to encourage
continuation of services
6. Appropriateness and acceptability
of services

GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF FAMILY PLANNING

1. Respect for Sanctity \n of Life
2. Respect for Human \n Rights
3. The freedom of \n choice and voluntary \n decision
4. Respect for the \n rights of clients

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Respect for the \n rights of clients

Couples and individuals have \n the basic right to decide freely \n and responsibly the number \n and spacing of their children

The freedom of \n choice and voluntary \n decision

Couples and individuals will \n make family planning decisions \n based on informed choice \n including their own moral, \n cultural or religious beliefs.

Respect for Human \n Rights

Family Planning services will be \n made available using only \n medically and legally \n permissible methods \n appropriate to the health status \n of the client.

Respect for Sanctity \n of Life

Family Planning aims to \n prevent abortion and therefore \n can save the lives of both \n women and children.

FP PROGRAM POLICIES

1. HEALTH INTERVENTION
2. PREVENT HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES
3. REDUCE MATERNAL DEATHS
4. PREVENT ABORTIONS
5. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHT FOR WOMEN
6. MEANS TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD
7. REDUCE POVERTY

HEALTH INTERVENTION

* Promote overall health of Filipinos
* Contribute to the reduction in maternal
and infant deaths

PREVENT HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES

\- Too young or too old, have 4 or more \n pregnancies, have closely spaced \n pregnancies, concurrently ill

REDUCE MATERNAL DEATHS

\- The leading cause of death among women \n of reproductive age is related to pregnancy \n and child bearing

PREVENT ABORTIONS

\- One in six pregnancies ends up in illegal \n abortion because they are either \n unplanned or unwanted

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHT FOR WOMEN

\- Family Planning services shall be delivered \n to respond to the unmet needs and \n demands of women.

MEANS TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD

\- Planning for the future reflects the will \n and the ability to respond to the needs of \n the family and children

REDUCE POVERTY

\- The program shall provide a special focus \n to respond to the FP needs of poor \n communities in urban and rural areas.

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

a state of “complete physical, mental and social \n well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity in all matters relating to the reproductive health system and to its functions and processes

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE

he constellation of methods, techniques, and services that contribute to reproductive health and well-being by preventing and solving reproductive health problems

FAMILY PLANNING (REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ELEMENT)

allows individuals and \n couples to anticipate and attain their \n desired number of children and the \n spacing and timing of their births. (REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ELEMENT)

Maternal and \n Child Health and \n Nutrition

* Proper birth spacing of at least 3 years
* Use of safe and effective FP methods,
high risk pregnancies can be avoided
* Pregnant women may have unmet
need for FP
* Breastfeeding mothers have specific
FP needs

Prevention and \n Management of \n Reproductive \n Tract Infections \n including STIs, \n HIV/AIDS

* Individuals with FP needs are sexually
active which makes them at risk for
STIs like HIV/AIDS
* Clients who are at risk of contracting
STIs need dual protection through the
use of a FP method against STIs
* Risk assessment for STIs is part of
determining a client’s eligibility for
IUD use

Prevention and \n Management of \n Abortion and Its \n Complications

* Abortions are a result of unplanned
pregnancies
* Women who resort to abortion have
unmet needs for family planning
* Proper management of complications
of abortion and provision of services
with options from preventing
unplanned pregnancies which may
result in abortion

Prevention and \n Management of \n Breast and \n Gynecologic \n Cancers

* Opportunity for screening and early
detection of breast and reproductive
tract cancers
* Combined oral contraceptives are
proven to reduce the risk of ovarian
and endometrial cancers.
* Progestin-only contraceptives have a
high protective effect against
endometrial cancers

Education and \n Counseling on \n Sexuality and \n Sexual Health

* It deepens the appreciation of gender
roles and enhances the relationship
between sexual partners
* Fertility management and sexuality
education are essential to sexual
health.
* Family planning counseling and
provision of accurate information on
sexuality helps reduce unplanned
pregnancies

Men’s \n Reproductive \n Health and \n Involvement

* Men are crucial halves in the
attainment of a couple’s reproductive
intentions and should be involved in
family planning
* Male involvement is critical to
acceptance and continuous use of
family planning methods
* Men have their own specific health needs for FP that a comprehensive RH service should provide for

Violence against \n Women and \n Children

* FP use may be a sensitive issue in a
family affected by gender-related
violence.
* Domestic violence, mostly with
women as the victims, is now
recognized as an important public
health issue
* An opportunity to discuss and
promote FP

Prevention and \n Management of \n Infertility and \n Sexual \n Dysfunctions

* Provide the opportunity to discuss
infertility and sexual dysfunction
problems
* FP is for achieving fertility through
fertility awareness orientation,
counseling, and referral to appropriate
facilities

Adolescent \n Reproductive \n Health

* Need to be advised and counseled
about safe and responsible sexual
practices, including FP
* Orientation on fertility awareness and
counseling are basic services which
will help promote responsible
sexuality among adolescents

Benefits to Mother

* Reduces maternal deaths by
preventing high risk pregnancies
among
* FP prevents closely spaced
pregnancies that leads to and worsen
conditions
* All FP methods help women with HIV
avoid pregnancy thus avoid bearing
HIV- infected children.
Prevent/reduce the incidence of the
following diseases and conditions:
● Ectopic pregnancy
● Ovarian cancer
● Endometrial cancer
● Ovarian cysts
● Benign breast disease
● Excessive menstrual bleeding and
associated anemia
● Menstrual cramping, pain, and
discomfort

Benefits to Infants \n and Children

* Reduction in infant and child morbidity
& mortality
* Lowest risks for fetal death, preterm
delivery, being undersized for
gestational age, neonatal death, and
low birth weight occur when births are
spaced from three to five years
* Given the love, attention, care and
time from mothers and fathers
attending to their growth and
development
* More opportunities for adequate food,
clothing, good education, and good
health for the children
* Breastfeeding can protect infants
against diarrheal and other infectious
disease

Benefits to Fathers

* Provides enough time for treatment
and recovery from chronic illnesses
* Lightens his burdens and
responsibilities in supporting his family
* Enables him to give his children a good
home, a good education, and a better
future Benefits to Fathers
* Gives time for his own personal
achievement
* Enables him to have time and
opportunity to relate with his wife and
play with his children
* Affords him extra resources and
enough time to actively participate in
community programs and projects.