Consumer Education
USAID sponsors mass media and
public information campaigns, including posters, brochures,
and other materials, on such diverse health topics as
family planning, child survival, maternal health, nutrition,
HIV/AIDS, and prevention of other sexually transmitted
infections. The goal of the program is to improve awareness
of good health habits and help people find the services
they need.
- Reproductive Health Education Tool [PDF, 4.7MB]
An educational flip-chart sponsored by USAID and developed by ESD, Pathfinder is comprised of 12 water-color drawings. It portrays the clothing, customs, behaviors and physical geography familiar to the majority of refugees in the Dadaab and Kakuma Refugee Camps in an effort to educate them on sexual health.
- Comparing Effectiveness of Family Planning Methods
A panel of experts from USAID, the INFO Project JHU/CCP, EngenderHealth, and FHI drafted a chart, which presents contraceptive methods on a continuum of effectiveness to help clients make informed contraceptive choices.
- Key Reminders About Hormonal Family Planning Methods
A condensed version of the Family Planning Global Handbook for Providers, Key Reminders is configured as a simple sheet that can be hung on a wall or placed on a desk for the provider to refer to easily. The Key Reminders sheet covers five methods—combined oral contraceptives, monthly (combined) injectables, long-acting (progestin-only) injectables, implants, and progestin-only pills.
- Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers – July 2007
This handbook offers clinic-based health care professionals in developing countries the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods. One of the WHO’s Four Cornerstones of Family Planning Guidance, the book has been prepared through a unique collaboration between USAID, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and more than 30 organizations around the world.
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