Improving provider and client communication around family planning in Togo: Results from a cross-sectional survey

ABSTRACT: Previous research has shown that clients are better able to achieve their reproductive intentions when family planning (FP) services meet their needs and they have satisfying client provider interactions. There are several areas of quality provider-client communication, including providers taking a complete reproductive history of their clients to best gauge their needs, communication around alternative FP methods and side effects captured in the method information index, and communication around sexually transmitted infections and HIV risk as it relates to FP choices. This study examines data from a clinic-based intervention in Togo that focuses on strengthening health provider counseling related to FP, including improving in these three areas of provider-client communication. A clustered

SUBMITTER: Bellow N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249824 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature