Guides & Handbooks

  • Publications & Resources

    Facts for Family Planning presents a comprehensive collection of key information and messages that anyone can use who communicates to others about family planning. Although a variety of individuals and groups can use Facts for Family Planning, it is primarily designed for those who communicate with men and women who are seeking information about family planning and help in selecting a family planning method.

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    One of K4Health's flagship publications, Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers offers clinic-based health care professionals in developing countries the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods. Originally published by K4Health's predecessor the INFO Project, the book was prepared through a unique collaboration between editorial staff at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and technical experts from the World Health Organization, the United States Agency for International Development, and other organizations around the world.

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    From the "Background Information" section: "The key aim of the guide is to pull together, in one place, key resources for Family Planning (FP) programming and advocacy at the country level. The guide provides an array of widely referenced resources in FP. Included are documents that explain the rationale and benefits of investing in FP, as well as more detailed programmatic and policy resources."

  • Publications & Resources

    A guide to aid reproductive health program managers in using knowledge management tools to increase the creativity and empowerment of an organization’s staff members and the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations.

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    A guide for technical working groups to help them conceptualize and develop K4Health eToolkits.  Includes guidance about promoting, updating, and monitoring and evaluating the use and usefulness of toolkits.

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    A guide to help editors, writers, designers, and distribution specialists of reproductive health publications incorporate gender perspectives into every stage of the publication process.

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    A reference for health care professionals, this guide provides a methodology for conducting assessments of information needs among individuals working at different levels of the health system and includes sample instruments, templates, and training materials.

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    A guide to evaluate whether health information products and services meet the requirements needed to make them effective, used, and adapted by health care practitioners and policy makers in the field.