Using experience to create evidence: a mixed methods process evaluation of the new free family planning policy in Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2019, Burkina Faso was one of the first countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to introduce a free family planning (FP) policy. This process evaluation aims to identify obstacles and facilitators to its implementation, examine its coverage in the targeted population after six months, and investigate its influence on the perceived quality of FP services.

Methods

This process evaluation was conducted from November 2019 through March 2020 in the two regions of Burkina Faso where the new policy was introduced as a pilot. Mixed methods were used with a convergent design. Semi-directed interviews were conducted with the Ministry of Health (n = 3), healthcare workers (n = 10), and women aged 15-49 years (n = 10). Surveys were also administered to the female members of 696 ho

SUBMITTER: Browne L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8932047 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature