Figures & Tables
Figures
- FIGURE 1
Family Planning Counseling Algorithm
Abbreviations: ANC, antenatal care; COC, combined oral contraceptive; FP, family planning; LAM, lactational amenorrhea method; POP, progestin‐only pill; STI, sexually transmitted infection.
- FIGURE 2
Follow‐Up Algorithm to Assess Satisfaction With Current Contraceptive Choice
- FIGURE 3
Referral Completion Algorithm for Clients Who Received a Health Facility Referral
Abbreviations: ANC, antenatal care; STIs, sexually transmitted infections.
A community health worker in Kipawa, Dar es Salaam, uses a mobile phone job aid to provide integrated family planning and HIV/STI counseling to a client.
Tables
- TABLE 1 Demographic Characteristics, Contraceptive Choices, and HIV Testing of Continuing and New Family Planning Clients (N = 710)
Continuing Users (n = 455)
No. (%)New Users (n = 255)
No. (%)Marital status Married 435 (95.6) 233 (91.4) Not married 20 (4.4) 22 (8.6) Sex Male 124 (27.3) 71 (27.8) Female 331 (72.7) 184 (72.2) Age, years 15–19 37 (8.1) 26 (10.2) 20–29 169 (37.1) 106 (41.6) 30–39 182 (40.0) 79 (31.0) ≥40 67 (14.7) 44 (17.3) Type of contraceptive method useda Male condoms 158 (34.7) 88 (34.5) Pills (COCs or POPs) 173 (38.0) 61 (23.9) Medium- or long-acting methods (DMPA injectables, implants, IUD) 57 (12.5) 54 (21.2) Female condoms 60 (13.2) 17 (6.7) Other (LAM, SDM, tubal ligation) 7 (1.5) 6 (2.4) No method chosen NA 29 (11.3) Recently tested for HIV Yes 331 (72.8) 149 (58.4) No 124 (27.2) 106 (41.6) Abbreviations: COCs, combined oral contraceptives; DMPA, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; IUD, intrauterine device; LAM, lactational amenorrhea method; POPs, progestin-only pills; SDM, Standard Days Method.
↵a For continuing users, type of method used at the time of the first visit by the CHW; for new users, the type of method selected after counseling by the CHW.
- TABLE 2 Total Financial Costs Associated With Implementing the Family Planning Mobile Job Aid in 3 Pilot Facilities
Phase Total Cost (US$) Deployment Sourcing equipment 1,875 Adaptation of the paper-based job aids to electronic format 13,500 Training of 25 CHWs and 3 supervisors 3,522 Operational (annual costs) Service provision, reporting, and supervision 1,014 IT support and troubleshooting 3,600 SMS & Internet access fees, replacement of handsets 2,494 Total resource requirement for first year (deployment and operational phases) 26,005 Total resource requirement for subsequent years (operational phase only) 7,107 Abbreviations: CHWs, community health workers; SMS, short message service.
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