Key Resources
This web page contains links to external sites or documents which are not part of the TRP. This content has not necessarily been reviewed or approved by, and is not the responsibility of, the TRP collaborative team or any of its partners--WHO, USAID, UNFPA, JHU∙CCP, or the Knowledge for Health Project. However, we feel that it may be useful to anyone developing family planning training materials and curricula.
Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers (2011 update). This book serves as a quick-reference resource for all level of health care workers. It provides practical guidance on delivering family planning methods appropriately and effectively. http://www.fphandbook.org
The Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (4th edition 2010). This resource provides guidance on whether people with certain medical conditions can safely and effectively use specific contraceptive methods. http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/97892...
Decision Making Tool for Family Planning Clients and Providers, World Health Organization (WHO) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Center for Communication Programs. Baltimore, Maryland, INFO and Geneva, WHO, 2005. This in a comprehensive counseling flip chart that can be used by all types of providers who counsel clients of family planning methods. http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/92415...
A Guide to Family Planning for Community Health Workers and Their Clients, World Health Organization 2012, Geneva, WHO, 2005. This simple counseling tool was adapted from WHO’s Decision Making Tool for Family Planning Clients and Providers. http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/97892...
Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use. Second Edition, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva: WHO, 2004; updated 2008. This guide provides guidance on how to provide contraceptives, with the goals of maximizing effectiveness and managing side effects and other problems.
