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

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Methodology of Landscape Analysis Review of SDM Studies
Abbreviations: IRH, Institute for Reproductive Health; SDM, Standard Days Method.

TABLE 1.

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

Study	Country	Participants, N	Discontinuation, N	Pregnancies, N	Approval, %	Would Recommend, %	Correct Use at 6 Months, %	Previous FP Use, %
Ram and Doracaj, 2007⁷	Albania	76	30	5		91	85	43^a
Capo-Chichi and Anastasi, 2005⁸	Benin	219	33	21	90	90	95	45^a; 39^b; 20^c; 7^d
Bicaba et al., 2005⁹	Burkina Faso	79	20	2	90	90	95	22^e
IRH, 2008¹¹	Democratic Republic of the Congo	88	4	4	99	—	84	15^a
IRH, 2005¹⁴	El Salvador	143	43	17	—	—	90	62^e
Bekele, 2012¹⁰	Ethiopia	184	36	2	—	—	91	20^a
Burkhart et al., 2000¹³	Guatemala	301	63	32	100	100ⁱ	95	88^a
Dosajh, Ghosh, Lundgren, 2005¹⁵	India	230	82	20	99^f^,^h; 70^g^,^h	98^c^,^j; 77^d^,^j	87	74^f^,^k; 66^m^,^p; 1ⁿ^,^o^,^p
IRH, 2006¹⁶	India	482^q; 285^r	130^q; 68^r	77^q; 20^r	—	—	97	45^a^,^p; 28^a^,^q
Johri, Panwar, Lundgren, 2005¹²	India	482	225	73	90^s	90^f; 70^g	98	59^t; 41^c; <3^p
Blair et al., 2007¹⁸	Rwanda	121	30	16	—	—	99^f; 88^g	96^a
Kalaca et al., 2005⁶	Turkey	132	53	4	—	—	—	—
Kursun, Cali, Sakarya, 2014⁵	Turkey	84	34	8	63^f^,^s; 67^g^,^s	—	—	12ⁿ

TABLE 2.

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

Country	SDM in Training	SDM in National Measurements	SDM in National Protocols	Service Delivery Points With SDM, N	Service Providers Trained in SDM, N	Registered SDM Users, N
Benin	Yes	Yes	Yes	150	Not recorded	10,500
Bolivia	Yes	No	Yes	277	2,100	14,000
Burkina Faso	Yes	Yes	Yes	57	287	5,000
DRC	Yes	Yes	Yes	749	600	Not recorded
Ecuador	Yes	Yes	Yes	11	Not recorded	Not recorded
Guatemala	Yes	Yes	Yes	305	2,200	13,000
Haiti	No	No	No	20	141	700
Honduras	Yes	Yes	Yes	183	950	2,211
India, Jharkhand State	Yes	Yes	Yes	1,900	15,000	Not recorded
Madagascar	Yes	Yes	Yes	218	427	1,210
Mali	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not recorded	14,200	2,000
Nicaragua	No	No	Yes	336	1,308	343
Peru	Yes	Yes	Yes	348	725	7,862
Philippines	Yes	Yes	Yes	125	489	8,000
Rwanda	Yes	Yes	Yes	717	7,000	6000
Senegal	No	No	No	58	1,219	Not recorded