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Implementation and Scale-Up of the Standard Days Method of Family Planning: A Landscape Analysis

Julianne Weis and Mario Festin
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2020, 8(1):114-124; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00287
Julianne Weis
aUnited States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.
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    Methodology of Landscape Analysis Review of SDM Studies

    Abbreviations: IRH, Institute for Reproductive Health; SDM, Standard Days Method.

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    Quantitative Results of Landscape Analysis of Pilot Studies in 10 Countries on the Standard Days Method of Family Planning

    StudyCountryParticipants, NDiscontinuation, NPregnancies, NApproval, %Would Recommend, %Correct Use at 6 Months, %Previous FP Use, %
    Ram and Doracaj, 20077Albania76305918543a
    Capo-Chichi and Anastasi, 20058Benin219332190909545a; 39b; 20c; 7d
    Bicaba et al., 20059Burkina Faso7920290909522e
    IRH, 200811Democratic Republic of the Congo884499—8415a
    IRH, 200514El Salvador1434317——9062e
    Bekele, 201210Ethiopia184362——9120a
    Burkhart et al., 200013Guatemala3016332100100i9588a
    Dosajh, Ghosh, Lundgren, 200515India230822099f,h; 70g,h98c,j; 77d,j8774f,k; 66m,p; 1n,o,p
    IRH, 200616India482q; 285r130q; 68r77q; 20r——9745a,p; 28a,q
    Johri, Panwar, Lundgren, 200512India4822257390s90f; 70g9859t; 41c; <3p
    Blair et al., 200718Rwanda1213016——99f; 88g96a
    Kalaca et al., 20056Turkey132534————
    Kursun, Cali, Sakarya, 20145Turkey8434863f,s; 67g,s——12n
    • Abbreviations: FP, family planning; IRH, Institute for Reproductive Health.

    • ↵a Never used modern method.

    • ↵b Periodic abstinence.

    • ↵c Condoms.

    • ↵d Withdrawal.

    • ↵e Not using modern family planning method in previous 2 months.

    • ↵f Women.

    • ↵g Men.

    • ↵h Consider it a useful method.

    • ↵i Of those who completed 1 year of use.

    • ↵j Who hit 12 cycles.

    • ↵k Had used some method in past, primarily condoms.

    • ↵m Condoms.

    • ↵n Withdrawal.

    • ↵o Intrauterine device.

    • ↵p Using method in previous 2 months.

    • ↵q Rural.

    • ↵r Urban.

    • ↵s Satisfied with method.

    • ↵t First-time family planning users.

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    TABLE 2.

    Status of Scale-Up of the Standard Days Method of Family Planning in 16 Implementation Countries

    CountrySDM in TrainingSDM in National MeasurementsSDM in National ProtocolsService Delivery Points With SDM, NService Providers Trained in SDM, NRegistered SDM Users, N
    BeninYesYesYes150Not recorded10,500
    BoliviaYesNoYes2772,10014,000
    Burkina FasoYesYesYes572875,000
    DRCYesYesYes749600Not recorded
    EcuadorYesYesYes11Not recordedNot recorded
    GuatemalaYesYesYes3052,20013,000
    HaitiNoNoNo20141700
    HondurasYesYesYes1839502,211
    India, Jharkhand StateYesYesYes1,90015,000Not recorded
    MadagascarYesYesYes2184271,210
    MaliYesYesYesNot recorded14,2002,000
    NicaraguaNoNoYes3361,308343
    PeruYesYesYes3487257,862
    PhilippinesYesYesYes1254898,000
    RwandaYesYesYes7177,0006000
    SenegalNoNoNo581,219Not recorded
    • Abbreviations: SDM, Standard Days Method.

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