Overview
Presents a topic of importance and priority at national and international levels
Focuses on key themes within quality of care for family planning in India, with relevance to other low-resource settings
Provides a research agenda that can serve as an accelerator for improving quality of care in family planning
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- rights-based approach to family planning
- frameworks defining quality of care
- improving health provider competence
- quality assurance committees
- augmenting government service delivery
- contraceptive social marketing programme
- network of primary care physicians
- factors affecting quality of care
- expansion of contraceptive choice
- client perspective on quality of care
- family planning programmes in India
- maternal and child health
About this book
In this book the authors review initiatives in improving the quality of care for family planning in India and bring them to the broader forum of policy-level discussions. The global Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) framework argues for voluntary rights-based family planning programmes. The rights-based approach builds on the bedrock of quality of care, which means listening to what women want, treating individuals with dignity and respect and ensuring that everyone has access to full information and high quality care. Improving the quality of care in family planning services in a country like India is crucial from individual, national and global considerations. This book critically discusses and evaluates the various interventions undertaken so far and the reasons for success and failure. It also synthesizes current research studies in India, identifies gaps and presents a research agenda to bridge this gap and accelerate progress towards improving quality of care in family planning. It presents a comprehensive framework that underscores the importance of health systems and community environments in creating enabling, motivating and empowering roles for providers and clients. The examples and perspectives presented in this book make a strong case for adoption into policy frameworks and scaling up of quality of care efforts, and identifying research priorities for strengthening the response to family planning. This book greatly contributes towards enhancing the quality of family planning care at the grass-roots level in low resource settings and is of interest to researchers and practitioners of public health, particularly community health, maternal and child health, and social work.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
He holds BE from Bombay University and MS and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, USA.
Kavita Chauhan is a behavioural science professional at the Public Health Foundation of India. She has over 14 years of experience in designing and managing strategic health communication and advocacy initiatives, research on behaviour change and capacity building on public health communications. Her previous work at CARE India integrated planning, and implementing strategies related to reproductive health needs of communities with special focus on young people. At Futures Group Inc., under the global POLICY Project, she formulated HIV/AIDS policy interventions with the Government, faith-based organisations and NGOs, and facilitated decentralised planning for HIV/AIDS and maternal health efforts. She holds BA in English literature and MA in Social Work from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and MSc Public Health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Improving Quality of Care in Family Planning
Book Subtitle: A Research and Advocacy Agenda for India
Authors: Jay Satia, Kavita Chauhan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8132-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8131-6Published: 24 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4071-0Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8132-3Published: 09 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 196
Number of Illustrations: 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Maternal and Child Health, Medical Sociology, Development and Health