family planning
Summer 2019 Funding Opportunity
News
Universal Children’s Day: Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage
online reservations: ChildrensDay2018.eventbrite.com
International Conference on Family Planning
Presentation Schedule
Tuesday, November 13th
Combining structural and reproductive health to improve transition to adulthood: the Musanze Youth Center model
10:25am-11:45am | Session Room: MH 4
Presenter: Leopold Nirere
“It is not them, it is us”: how FP supply strategies in rural areas can improve demand and utilization of long acting methods
11:30am-2:30pm | Session Room: Auditorium terrace–Display #90
*Presenter at poster from 1:30-2:30pm
Presenter: Jean Utumatwishima
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Engaging men in FP: perspectives from married men in Lomé, Togo
3pm-6pm | Session Room: Auditorium terrace–Display #26
*Presenter at poster from 5pm-6pm
Presenters: Paul Tekou and Karen Weidert
Wednesday, November 14th
Time to act: Fertility preferences and modern contraceptive use among youth in Angola
8am-11am | Session Room: Auditorium terrace–Display #102
*Presenter at poster from 10-11am
Presenter: Ndola Prata
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Integration family planning and reproductive health services in primary health care: the Rwandan Model
10:25am-11:45am | Session Room: MH 4
*Presenter at poster from 5pm-6pm
Presenters: Paul Tekou and Karen Weidert
family planning, rwanda
An Analysis: The Implementation Of Youth Centers In Musanze, Rwanda
Presentation by Bixby Summer Funding Award Recipient Kalee Singh
Kalee will present her analysis on the implementation of the Bixby Center’s youth center, based in the district of Musanze, Rwanda. The youth center model aims to utilize a multi-pronged approach–addressing both structural and social determinants–to improve the health and wellbeing of youth in Rwanda. The model, co- designed and managed by youth, strives to empower adolescents through the provision of comprehensive sexual education and linkages to high-quality, youth- friendly reproductive health services, livelihood skills, and general health information. The overarching goal of Kalee’s research was to develop a descriptive case study of the youth center model, documenting its effectiveness in addressing the health and wellbeing of adolescents and young adults in the Musanze district of Rwanda.
family planning, rwanda, women's empowerment, youth empowerment
Combating Maternal Mortality: Ugandan lawsuit
The Uganda-based Center for Health, Human Rights and Development and the families of women who suffered preventable deaths in childbirth have sued the Ugandan government in a landmark case, demanding that the state provide minimum health guarantees to expectant mothers.
University of Wyoming Law Professor Noah Novogrodsky and UC Berkeley School of Public Health Professor Ndola Prata discuss the challenge of promoting social and economic rights through test-case litigation.
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP: tinyurl.com/HRC-maternal-mortality
family planning, pregnancies, speaker series, women's empowerment
New Bixby Publication in Dovepress about abortion history and modern contraception in Luanda, Angola
Women in sub-Saharan Africa often use abortion as a method of limiting their fertility and spacing births. However, it is not well understood whether having an abortion influences contraceptive behavior. The goal of this study was to examine associations between abortion history and use of a modern contraceptive method among women in Luanda, Angola. To learn more, access the paper here.
abortion, Angola, contraceptive, family planning, Luanda, modern contraceptive
Bixby has new publication in GHSP Journal about engaging men in FP
Men in the study generally supported couples’ use of contraception, especially citing socioeconomic reasons. Some had reservations stemming from perceptions that family planning could facilitate infidelity and promiscuity. They also thought family planning decisions should be made jointly. All men expressed interest in learning more about family planning, preferring dissemination from community health workers, trusted men, and current family planning users. To learn more, access the paper here.
New Bixby publication in SSM-Population Health is available online
The open access version of Bixby’s most recent publication in Social Science and Medicine – Population Health, Do Perceived Contraception Attitudes Influence Abortion Stigma? Evidence from Luanda, Angola, is now available online.
Dr. Nouhou Presenting: Women’s Empowerment and Fertility Decision Making in Niger
Join the OASIS Initiative (Organizing to Advance Solutions in the Sahel) and the Bixby Center for Population, Health, and Sustainability for a talk by Dr. Nouhou Abdoul Moumouni, Director of OASIS Niger and a champion for women’s empowerment and family planning in the West African Sahel.
Dr. Nouhou will discuss strategies to improve family planning demand in Niger, with a focus on understanding women’s empowerment challenges. The fertility rate in Niger has been stagnant for the last 25 years at over seven children per woman, despite 20 years of population policy and decline in child mortality. Nouhou will discuss how girls and women’s empowerment influences fertility rates in Niger.
About the Speaker:
Nouhou Abdoul Moumouni, PhD
Director, OASIS Niger
Nouhou Abdoul Moumouni is a demographer-statistician involved in innovative work on demographic issues in West Africa. His PhD research focuses on the links between women’s empowerment and fertility projections, including the use of contraception. Nouhou believes in the potential of women to contribute to family welfare and the need for African countries to unlock this potential to accelerate economic and social development.
The OASIS Initiative aims to accelerate a demographic transition in the Sahel. We are building the evidence base and local leadership to help the region overcome serious development challenges. OASIS works to increase contraceptive uptake, delay the onset of childbearing, and empower girls and women to make strategic decisions about their reproductive lives.
fertility, Niger, women's empowerment
Dr. Prata and Natalie Morris Will Be Presenting at the Psychological Workshop and PAA
Psychosocial Workshop:
April 24-25, 2018 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
Population Association of America (PAA) Conference:
April 26-28, 2018 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
Abortion History and its Association With Use of Modern Contraceptive Methods in Luanda, Angola.
Authors: Natalie Morris and Ndola Prata
The study examined women’s history of induced abortion and their current use of modern contraceptive methods in Luanda, Angola. We used data from a 2012 cross-sectional study conducted in the capital province of Luanda. There was a positive, significant association after adjusting for potential confounders; women who had terminated one or more pregnancies were 1.23 times more likely to use a modern method as compared to those who never had an abortion (95% CI: 1.10 – 1.36, p < 0.001). While our data present basic information on the relationship between past abortion and current contraceptive use, we hope the results from this study can pave the way for future research to investigate the causal factors underlying this association to improve family planning efforts in the region.
Experience using mystery clients to measure an MA quality intervention: lessons from Uttar Pradesh.
Authors: Joanna Percher
Joanna Percher will be presenting it at the Psychosocial Workshop in Denver, CO in April 24-25.
abortion, Angola, contraceptive, family planning, Luanda, modern contraceptive, PAA, pregnancies, Psychological Workshop