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.
The content-specific materials in this section can be adapted for preservice training to develop students’ competencies in comprehensive reproductive health service delivery. Abortion, postabortion care, adolescents, contraception, counseling and communication, HIV/AIDS, men’s reproductive health, safe motherhood, and sexually transmitted infections are covered in these publications, reference guides, training manuals, and modules. Materials were selected based on content, accessibility, and relevance to health care providers.
See also: Postabortion Care
Abortion Training: A Guide to Establishing an Effective Program at Your Facility (1997)
Abortion Access Project
http://www.abortionaccess.org/AAP/publica_resources/publications_products/training.htm
Summary: This manual provides guidelines for creating successful, effective abortion training programs and information on strengthening existing programs by improving content and structure. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, residency programs
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Early Abortion Training Workbook (2003)
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy at UCSF
http://www.ansirh.org/docs/EarlyAbortionTrainingWorkbook.pdf
Summary: This workbook contains information on counseling, evaluation, pain management, follow-up care and complications, as well as procedural content on aspiration abortion and medical abortion. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
A Guide to Providing Abortion Care (2003)
Ipas
http://www.ipas.org/english/publications/abortion.asp
Summary: This guide provides readers with the tools to establish and improve abortion services. (Accessed August 25, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, clinic managers, program managers, policy makers
Format: Manual
Languages: English, Romanian, Russian
Information and Training Guide for Medical Abortion Counseling (2003)
Ipas
http://www.ipas.org/publications/en/Medical_Abortion/med_ab_counseling_training_guide_en.pdf
Summary: This guide contains materials for counselors who work with women considering or undergoing medical abortion, as well as information for clients and suggestions for overseeing counseling services. (Accessed July 19, 2004)
Audience: Family planning and abortion counselors, health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) for Uterine Evacuation: Pain Management (2002)
Ipas
http://www.ipas.org/publications/en/MVA/mva_pain_management.pdf
Summary: This publication addresses the types and origins of discomfort that women may experience while undergoing manual vacuum aspiration, as well as techniques for pain management and reducing discomfort. (Accessed July 19, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Fact sheet
Languages: English
Module 7: Abortion, Reproductive Health Model Curriculum, 2 nd Edition (2004)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/curriculum
Summary: This module, designed for a U.S. audience, contains information on barriers, U.S. legal issues, providing patient-centered care, history taking, follow-up and postabortion counseling. The National Abortion Federation’s comprehensive Clinical Training Curriculum in Abortion Practice 2 nd Edition is also included. (Accessed July 19, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, medical students, health care providers
Format: Curriculum module, slides
Languages: English
Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians: Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) (2004)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/onlinepublications/QRGMVA.cfm
Summary: This Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians presents a summary of scientific information about manual vacuum aspiration (MVA), an easy-to-use technology for management of both incomplete spontaneous abortion and early elective abortion setting. (Accessed March 24, 2005)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators, medical students
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems (2003)
The World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/safe_abortion/Safe_Abortion.pdf
Summary: This comprehensive guide addresses abortion as a public health issue. It focuses on clinical care, initiating services, and legal and policy issues as they relate to abortion. The extensive clinical section includes pre-abortion care, counseling, abortion methods, sanitation and follow-up. Appendices cover international documents on safe abortion, instruments and supplies for manual vacuum aspiration, postabortion contraception, and additional resources. (Accessed August 24, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, policymakers
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 health care providers and users 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 11, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers, policymakers, program managers
Format: N ewsletter
Languages: English, Spanish
Adolescents
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Training Manual for Program Managers (No date)
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
ttp://www.cedpa.org/cgi/cedpastore/00005.html?id=SfKtnxo2
Summary: This manual contains information on designing sexual and reproductive health programs to meet the needs of young people and encourage healthy life skills and behavior. (Accessed July 19, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers
Format: Manual
Languages: English, Spanish
The Advance Africa Approach to Best Practices: A Mini Compendium for Adolescent Reproductive Health Interventions (2003)
Advance Africa
http://www.advanceafrica.org/publications_and_presentations/Technical_Papers/index.html
Summary: These country-specific case studies from Africa, Asia, and South America describe interventions, levels of success, limitations, monitoring and evaluation. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers
Format: Case studies
Languages: English
Assessing and Planning for Youth-Friendly Reproductive Health Services (2000)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/FOCUS/ToolsGuides/index.htm
Summary: This resource includes assessment, program planning, monitoring and evaluation materials, and training information specifically designed for adolescent reproductive health services. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Program managers, health care providers
Format: Manual, worksheets
Languages: English, select sections available in French and Spanish
Building Connections: Understanding Relationships and Networks to Improve Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs (2003)
PATH
http://www.path.org/materials/materials-details.php?id=823
Summary: This manual describes the structures and dynamics of relationships and networks and of program approaches that influence youth behaviors. (Accessed July 19, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, researchers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Clinic Assessment of Youth-Friendly Services: A Tool for Improving Reproductive Health Services for Youth (2003)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/DocServer/mergedYFStool.pdf?docID=521
Summary: This tool helps determine the extent to which existing reproductive health services are youth-friendly. Results can be used to tailor services to better meet the needs and preferences of young people. (Accessed July 19, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers
Format: Assessment tool
Languages: English
Focus on Reproductive Health and Peer Education (2000)
German Foundation for World Population (DSW)
http://www.dsw-online.de/english/pdfs/RHI_Focus_onEducation.pdf
Summary: This fact sheet explains the successes and difficulties of adolescent peer reproductive health education programs, with an emphasis on Asian countries. (Accessed August 12, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Fact sheet
Languages: English
Improving the Quality of Reproductive Health Care for Young People (2003)
Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=
/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=8670
Summary: This publication addresses barriers for adolescents seeking reproductive health care, as well as strategies for removing barriers in order to improve the quality of care. Specific information for clinics, non-governmental organizations, and policy implications are included. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, policymakers, non-governmental organizations
Format: Newsletter
Languages: English
Intervention Strategies that Work for Youth – Summary of FOCUS on Young Adults End of Program Report. Youth Issues Paper 1 . (2002)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/NR/rdonlyres/ecjy54bmstxyloubx723zzift7hzpn7eusve45fa3335j2oblm4cz26bl6kpxdlsokuvnry44jhv2i/YIpaper1.pdf
Summary: This report focuses on the development of youth-friendly reproductive health programs in developing countries through education in schools, social marketing programs and mass media, community initiatives, and clinical services. (Accessed August 2, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, youth advocates, program managers
Format: Report
Languages: English
Making It Work: Linking Youth Reproductive Health and Livelihoods (2001)
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
http://www.icrw.org/docs/Makingitwork.pdf
Summary: This report features case studies of adolescent reproductive health programs in Colombia, India, and Kenya. It assesses the success of the programs, discusses innovative approaches, and suggests ways to address unmet needs. (Accessed August 4, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers, non-governmental organizations
Format: Report, case studies
Languages: English
Making Reproductive Health Services Youth Friendly ( 1999)
Futures Group
Pathfinder International
http://www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACK127.pdf
Summary: This manual provides insights into making reproductive health services youth-friendly using techniques such as training providers, ensuring privacy, and increasing accessibility. (Accessed August 3, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program managers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
“Meeting the Needs of Young Clients” Provider Handbook (2003)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/servdelivery/adolguide/index.htm
Summary: This manual includes information for improving adolescent reproductive health care using counseling, youth-friendly programs, and referrals. It contains specific information on pregnancy prevention and STIs/HIV. Role plays and charts supplement the content. (Accessed August 3, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Module 16: Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents (2002)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module contains information for providers on adolescents’ needs, particularly concerning STI/HIV and pregnancy prevention, counseling, caring for pregnant adolescents, sexual abuse, and sexual orientation. (Accessed August 3, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Preventing HIV/AIDS Among Adolescents through Integrated Communication Programming (No date)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/224_filename_hiv_adolescents02.pdf
Summary: This manual covers communication approaches, HIV prevention, and adolescent reproductive health. It focuses on advocacy, behavior change, communication, and education interventions. (Accessed August 3, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, youth advocates
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Reaching Young People Worldwide: Lessons Learned from Communication Projects (1986-1995) (1995)
Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP)
http://www.jhuccp.org/pubs/wp/2/2.pdf
Summary: Lessons learned, research, and advice for effective adolescent reproductive health communication are summarized here. Case studies from programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East are also included. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Program managers, policymakers, health care providers
Format: Report, case studies
Languages: English
Reproductive Health of Young Adults (2003)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/ADOL/default.htm
Summary: This module can be used as a self-study aid or as a tool for training health professionals in low-resource settings to understand adolescents’ needs. Sections include strategies for reaching young adults, contraceptive options, and STI/HIV prevention and treatment for adolescents. ( Accessed August 3, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program directors, policymakers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2 nd Edition (No date)
Population Concern
http://www.interactworldwide.org/pdfs/youngpeopleandSRH.pdf
Summary: This booklet incorporates updated information concerning young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, and highlights some of the challenges to providing information, services and support to young people around the world. (Accessed August 18, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, program directors, policymakers
Format: Report
Languages: English
Youth-Friendly Services: A Manual for Service Providers (2002)
EngenderHealth
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/qi/yfs/index.html
Summary: This manual is aimed at providing health care workers with information on characteristics of youth-friendly services, adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues, and communicating with adolescents. It is designed to increase skills and sensitivity of providers. (Accessed August 3, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Manual
Languages: English
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