The resources in this section were selected based on their utility for faculty and medical students working to strengthen the reproductive health content in their medical schools. The content areas represent a comprehensive perspective on reproductive health and include tools for curriculum development. These resources allow faculty and students to be flexible in designing independent courses and curricula or to supplement existing courses with new content. All resources listed here are free and accessible through the Internet (online) with the exception of the scientific journals. For readers without Internet or email access, we recommend using the mailing addresses in the Organizations section to request specific resources.
Clinical Proceedings: Extended and Continuous Use of Contraceptives to Reduce Menstruation (2004)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/cme/onlinecme/ReduceMensesCP/TOC.cfm
Summary: Extended regimen contraception gives women another reproductive health choice—when and whether to experience menstrual bleeding. We are pleased to help advance the research and practice of extended regimen contraception through this issue of Clinical Proceedings. (Accessed March 24, 2005)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Continuing medical education (CME) monograph
Languages: English
Family Planning Methods and Practice: Africa (1999)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/africa_fpmp.htm
Summary: This manual contains comprehensive information on reproductive health, including family planning services, contraceptive methods, and STIs, specifically focusing on how it pertains to health care providers in Africa. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Health & Sexuality: Taking Charge of Menstruation (2004)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/onlinepublications/healthandsexuality/extendedregimen/index.cfm?ID=337
Summary: For women who can use hormonal contraception, bleeding is an option, but so is limited or no bleeding. It may take some time to overcome the historical mindset related to menstruation as a necessary and healthy bodily function. We hope the facts that follow in this issue of Health & Sexuality will help achieve this goal. (Accessed March 24, 2005)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators, clinic staff
Format: Magazine
Languages: English
The Menstrual Cycle and Its Relation to Contraceptive Methods: A Reference for Reproductive Health Trainers (1997)
IntraHealth International
http://www.prime2.org/prime2/techlead/home/49.html
Summary: This trainer’s manual describes the menstrual cycle and ways in which contraceptive methods affect cyclic changes. It also includes a wall chart illustrating body changes during the phases of the menstrual cycle, and 21 sample client cases that providers can use to practice interacting with patients. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators
Format: Manual, chart, case studies
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Module 1: Introduction/Overview (1997)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module contains information on the value of family planning and child spacing as well as comprehensive information on contraceptive methods, including hormonal methods, IUDs, barrier methods, surgical methods and the lactational amenorrhea method. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English, French
Module 6: Contraception, Reproductive Health Model Curriculum, 2nd Edition (2004)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
http://www.arhp.org/curriculum
Summary: This module addresses both the medical aspects of providing reproductive health care for patients and the critical elements of developing effective provider-patient communication. Specific content includes patient education and counseling, sexual history taking, emergency contraception, follow-up care, and medical content on contraceptive methods. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, medical students, health care providers
Format: Curriculum module, slides, handouts
Languages: English
The Essentials of Contraceptive Technology: A Handbook for Clinic Staff (2003)
INFO Project
http://www.infoforhealth.org/pubs/ect/
Summary: This handbook provides information on various contraceptive methods, initial contraceptive counseling and follow-up, and eligibility requirements. (Accessed November 2, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Trainers’ manual
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish
MAQ Global Health Technical Briefs
The MAQ Initiative
http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/index.shtml
Summary: These Global Health Technical Briefs summarize the most current information on reproductive health topics and the implications for public health programs. Each brief includes definitions and background informati0n, recent findings, lessons learned in program application, and implications. (Accessed November 2, 2004)
Audience: Program managers
Format: Fact sheets
Languages: English
Pocket Guide to Managing Contraceptive Supplies (1998, revised 2000)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
English: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/pdf/PocketGuide/EngPocketGuide.pdf
French: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/pdf/PocketGuide/French_Pocket_Guide.pdf
Spanish: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/pdf/PocketGuide/SpanishPocketGuide.pdf
Summary: This manual provides formulas and information for clinic staff who manage supplies of contraceptives, particularly regarding maintaining proper quantities of supplies, checking the quality of contraceptives, and proper storage techniques. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, clinic staff
Format: Manual
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians: Administration of Hormonal Contraceptive Drugs (2004)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/onlinepublications/QRGDelSys.cfm
Summary: This Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians is designed to help health care providers quickly counsel women about the hormonal contraceptive systems currently available. Because all hormonal contraceptives provide high perfect-use efficacy, this guide will highlight principal differences among the systems to enable providers to support women in choosing the best system for their individual needs and preferences. (Accessed March 25, 2005)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators, medical students
Format: Manual
Languages: English
When Contraception Fails (1996)
Ipas
http://www.ipas.org/publications/en/initiatives_in_reproductive_health_policy/default.asp
Summary: This newsletter examines the responsibilities of women and health care providers to prevent contraceptive failure and the factors that contribute to successful contraception use. It also outlines policy and practice measures that invested parties can take to increase access to abortion-related care. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers, policymakers, program managers
Format: N ewsletter
Languages: English, Spanish
WHO Updates Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptives (2004)
INFO Project
http://www.infoforhealth.org/inforeports/mec/index.shtml
http://www.infoforhealth.org/inforeports/mec/mec.pdf
Summary: Updated medical eligibility criteria guidelines for contraceptive use from the World Health Organization—with special attention to contraindications and patients with HIV/AIDS. (November 2, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers
Format: Report
Languages: English
Barrier Methods (1996)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/BARRIER/default.htm
Summary: This module, designed for self-study or use as a training tool, provides an overview and specific content on different types of barrier methods as well as programmatic concerns for barrier method providers in low-resource settings. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, policymakers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Closing the Condom Gap (1999)
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INFO Project – Population Reports
English: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/h9edsum.shtml
French: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/prf/fh9edsum.shtml
Spanish: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/prs/sh9edsum.shtml
Summary: This report provides a discussion of the need for increased condom use, barriers to usage, and recommendations for increasing use.
Audience: Program managers, health care providers
Format: Report
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Module 9: Condoms and Spermicides (1998, revised 2000)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module focuses on the dual importance of condoms in preventing pregnancy and STIs. Additional information on providing spermicides is included. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Network: Female Barrier Methods (2000)
Family Health International (FHI)
English: http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/Network/v20_2/index.htm
French: http://www.fhi.org/fr/networkf/fv20-2/index.html
Spanish: http://www.fhi.org/sp/networks/sv20-2/index.html
Summary: This issue of Network examines the various barrier methods appropriate for women, the issues to consider in their use, as well as the progress being made on microbicide development. (Accessed August 25, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers
Format: Quarterly bulletin
Languages: English, French, Spanish
A Clinician's Guide to Providing Emergency Contraceptive Pills (2000)
Pacific Institute for Women’s Health
http://www.piwh.org/pdfs/EC_guide.pdf
Summary: This comprehensive guide includes medical information on ECPs as well as managerial information, such as billing, insurance, staff training, and telephone screening for potential users. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Emergency Contraception for Conflict-Affected Settings: A Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium Distance Learning Module (2004)
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium
http://www.rhrc.org/pdf/ec_module_02apr041.pdf
Summary: This module contains information on raising awareness, improving access, and increasing demand for EC in conflict-affected locations. The module also includes quizzes, frequently asked questions, provider-client scenarios, and additional resources. (Accessed August 25, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Curriculum Module
Languages: English
Emergency Contraception Resource Center (2005)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/resources/ecresources/index.cfm
Summary: Emergency contraception (EC) is a safe, valuable method that women can use to prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce the need for abortion. Emergency contraceptive methods available in the United States include emergency contraception pills (ECPs) and the copper-T intrauterine device (IUD). ARHP encourages education about and promotion of EC. (Accessed March 28, 2005)
Audience: Health Care Providers, Patients, Program Managers, Health Educators, General Public
Format: Online Resource Center
Languages: English
Emergency Contraception (EC) Tools Notebook: Questions and Answers for Clinical Providers (1998)
PATH
http://www.path.org/materials/materials-details.php?id=655
Summary: This fact sheet answers questions about various EC regimens, and the mechanics, safety, efficacy, and importance of EC. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Fact sheet
Languages: English
Emergency Contraceptive Pills (1998)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/ECP/default.htm
Summary: This module can be used for self-study or as training tool and covers counseling ECP users, current research, mechanisms of action, and strategies for expanding access to and use of ECPs in low-resource settings. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, policymakers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Medical and Service Delivery Guidelines, Second Edition (2003)
International Consortium for Emergency Contraception
http://www.cecinfo.org/files/Guidelines 2ndnewt (2).pdf
Summary: These comprehensive guidelines give reproductive health professionals the information needed to provide ECPs safely and effectively. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Module 5: Emergency Contraceptive Pills (ECPs) (1997, revised 2000)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module contains facts on ECPs, appropriate screening and dispensing techniques, and management of complications and side effects. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English, Spanish
Resources for Emergency Contraceptive Pill Programming: A Toolkit (2004)
PATH
http://www.path.org/resources/ec_resecpprog-tookit.htm
Summary: This module contains important information for developing countries on integrating ECPs into reproductive health care. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, policymakers
Format: Toolkit, curriculum modules
Languages: English, Spanish
Injectable Contraceptives (1999)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/INJ/default.htm
Summary: This module can be used for self-study or as a training tool to cover information needed to provide progestin-only or combination injectable contraceptives in low-resource settings. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, policymakers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Module 6: DMPA Injectable Contraceptives (1997, revised 1999)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module contains facts on Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA), appropriate screening and dispensing techniques, and management of complications and side effects. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English, Spanish
Intrauterine Devices (IUDs )
Clinical Proceedings: New Developments in Intrauterine Contraception (IUC) (2004)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
https://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/cme/onlinecme/IUDCP/TOC.cfm
Summary: Intrauterine contraception (IUC), which includes the use of various intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG IUS), is as effective as sterilization, is not dependent on user motivation for effectiveness, and, according to a July 2004 ARHP survey, is one of the highest-rated methods for patient satisfaction. With this issue of Clinical Proceedings ®, we hope to educate providers so they can feel more comfortable offering intrauterine contraception as a useful and effective option for their patients. (Accessed March 24, 2005)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Continuing medical education (CME) monograph
Languages: English
Intrauterine Devices (2004)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/IUD/default.htm
Summary: This module can be used for self-study or as a training tool and explains the mechanism of action, screening, counseling, insertion guidelines, and programmatic issues related to IUDs. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, policymakers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Module 7: IUDs (1997)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module contains facts on IUDs, appropriate screening, insertion, removal, follow-up techniques, and management of side effects. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English, Spanish
Proper IUD Use Requires Training (1996)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/Network/v16_2/nt1622.htm
Summary: This article explains how IUDs work, eligibility for use, and training information. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers
Format: Newsletter
Languages:English
Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM)
See also: Postpartum/Postabortion Contraception
Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) (1994)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/LAM/default.htm
Summary: This module can be used for self-study or as a training tool in low-resource settings. It describes the LAM method of family planning and appropriate counseling. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, policymakers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Module 8: Lactational Amenorrhea and Breast Feeding Support (1997)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module includes information on LAM as a child spacing method. It also trains providers to promote breastfeeding and LAM to their patients. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
(Also known as Natural Family Planning)
Standard Days Method of Family Planning:Reference Guide for Counseling Clients ( 2002)
Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University
http://www.irh.org/pdf/JOBAIDSDMCounselingGuide-ENG.pdf
Summary: This interactive manual explains who can effectively use CycleBeads and how to counsel patients on the Standard Days Method using CycleBeads. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Standard Days Method of Family Planning: A Training for Service Providers (2002)
Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University
http://www.irh.org/resources.html#resourcesforproviders
Summary: This training-of-trainers manual aims to orient providers to the Standard Days Method using CycleBeads and includes course design and evaluation information. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Module 4: Combined Oral Contraceptives and Progestin-only Pills (1999)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module contains facts on oral contraceptives, appropriate screening and dispensing techniques, and management of complications and side effects. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, health care providers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Helping Women Use the Pill (2000)
INFO Project - Population Reports
English: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/a10edsum.shtml
French: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/prf/fa10edsum.shtml
Spanish: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/prs/sa10edsum.shtml
Summary: This report provides strategies to increase accurate use of oral contraceptives.
Audience: Program managers, health care providers
Format: Report
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Oral Contraceptives – An Update (2000)
INFO Project - Population Reports
English: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/a9edsum.shtml
French: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/prf/fa9edsum.shtml
Spanish: http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/prs/sa9edsum.shtml
Summary: This report discusses the benefits, unknowns, and safe dosage of oral contraceptives, as well as the practice of using oral contraceptives as emergency contraception.
Audience: Program managers, health care professionals
Format: Report
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Postpartum/ Postabortion Contraception
See also: Lactational Amenorrhea Method
Contraception After Pregnancy (2000)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/AFTER/default.htm
Summary: This module can be used for self-study or as a training tool to address the contraceptive needs of women following pregnancy. It contains an overview of methods, descriptions of effective services, and specific methods most appropriate for women after labor, abortion, or miscarriage, and for breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding women. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, policymakers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Counseling the Postabortion Client: A Training Curriculum (2003)
EngenderHealth
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/pac/counsel-curr/index.html
Summary: This training guide includes information on emotional support, communication, and family planning information as they relate to caring for postabortion clients. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Curriculum, trainers’ manual, participant’s handbook
Languages: English
Module 13: Postpartum/Postabortion Contraception (1998)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module informs health professionals about contraceptive methods used immediately postpartum or postabortion, including counseling and method selection. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, health care providers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Sterilization
Clinical Proceedings: An Update on Transcervical Sterilization (2002)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/cme/onlinecme/sterilizationcp/index.cfm?ID=46
Summary: This issue of Clinical Proceedings ® , which will bring you up to date on many exciting developments in transcervical sterilization techniques. Some of these techniques are likely to be available within the next few years; others are a decade or more away. (Accessed March 25, 2005)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Continuing medical education (CME) monograph
Languages: English
Contraceptive Sterilization: Global Issues and Trends (2002)
EngenderHealth
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/steril/factbook/index.html
Summary: This resource on sterilization includes service delivery, overviews of male and female techniques, and sterilization laws and policies worldwide. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Health & Sexuality: Transcervical Sterilization (2003)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/onlinepublications/healthandsexuality/permanentoptions/index.cfm?ID=330
Summary: Scientists have been working for decades on new sterilization techniques. Until now there have been no sterilization options other than conventional tubal ligation, which involves general anesthesia and abdominal incision. This winter, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first nonincisional, transcervical sterilization method—Essure™. Other promising methods are on the horizon. (Accessed March 28, 2005)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators, clinic staff
Format: Magazine
Languages: English
Minilaparotomy for Female Sterilization: An Illustrated Guide for Service Providers (2003)
EngenderHealth
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/steril/minilap/index.html#mini
Summary: This guide explores minilaparotomy, an outpatient female sterilization method, and contains recommended surgical techniques (both suprapubic and subumbilical minilaparotomy), counseling, infection prevention, pain management, and proposed sedation regimes. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
No-Scalpel Vasectomy: An Illustrated Guide for Surgeons (2003)
EngenderHealth
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/steril/nsv/pdf/no-scalpel.pdf
Summary: This illustrated manual is a step-by-step guide on no-scalpel vasectomy for male sterilization and follows techniques that EngenderHealth has used in more than 40 countries. (Accessed August 20, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, surgeons
Format: Manual
Languages: English
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