"As we have gathered with a common problem, so we seek a solution": exploring the dynamics of a community dialogue process to encourage community participation in family planning/contraceptive programmes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community dialogues have been widely used as a method for community engagement and participation to cover a broad range of areas. However, there has been limited documentation and evaluation of the process, particularly as a method towards achieving family planning and contraception (FP/C) programme goals. As part of the development of an intervention package aimed at increasing community and health care provider (HCP) participation in the provision of FP/C, feasibility testing of the intervention approach (a community dialogue between communities and health facilities) was carried out. Our findings offer a systematic description and evaluation of the community dialogue process, with key recommendations towards future implementation.

Methods

The dialogue was evalu

SUBMITTER: Crankshaw TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6798361 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature