Evaluating the feasibility of the Community Score Card and subsequent contraceptive behavior in Kisumu, Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women seeking family planning services from public-sector facilities in low- and middle-income countries sometimes face provider-imposed barriers to care. Social accountability is an approach that could address provider-imposed barriers by empowering communities to hold their service providers to account for service quality. Yet little is known about the feasibility and potential impact of such efforts in the context of contraceptive care. We piloted a social accountability intervention-the Community Score Card (CSC)-in three public healthcare facilities in western Kenya and use a mix of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to describe the feasibility and impact on family planning service provision.

Methods

We implemented and evaluated the CSC in a convenien

SUBMITTER: Onyango DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9592126 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature