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Reproductive and Child Health family planning, family planning benefits the health and well-being of women and families throughout the world. Using contraception can help to avoid unwanted pregnancies and space births; protect against STDs, including HIV & AIDS; and provide other health benefits. Box 4.4.1 lists the benefits of family planing. Exercise 4.4.1 Objective 1. To discuss the benefits of family planning Time: 20 minutes Questions 1. What is the meaning of family planning? 2. What are the benefits of family planning? Box 4.4.1: Benefits of Family planning 1. Enables mother to remain healthy and strong 2. Helps children grow healthy and strong 3. Enables parents to feed their children well 4. Enables parents to educate their children very well 5. Helps prevent STIs (condoms) 6. Helps avoid unwanted pregnancies. Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Lead participants to brainstorm on the topic “Benefits of Family Planning”. 2. List the responses on a flip chart. 3. Discuss and compare the responses with those in Box 4.4.1and fill in the gaps. When a man and a woman decide when they want to have children, and when they do not, they can choose one of several methods to prevent the woman from becoming pregnant, for as long as she wishes. The methods of birth control or contraception available for use in Ghana presently for family planning are shown in Box 4.4.2. Methods that prevent sexually transmitted diseases as well prevent pregnancy are called ‘dual methods’. Exercise 4.4.2 Objective 1. To discuss the various methods of family planning Time: 15 Minutes Questions 1. What methods of family planning do you know? 2. Which of them have you used before? 3. Which methods serve a dual purpose? 4. Which ones can be used together? 5. Which ones cannot be used together and why? Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Let participants mention any method of family planning at random. 2. List them on a flip chart 3. Categorise them into short, longterm and permanent methods; male and female methods. 4. Find out which methods can serve as dual protection methods. 5. Discuss and compare the responses with those in Box 4.4.2 and fill in the gaps. 205
Module 4 The work of Community Health Volunteers 206 Box 4.4.2: Family Planning Methods available in Ghana Short Term (Short-Acting) Methods • • • • • • Condoms (Male and Female) Spermicides (Foaming tablets) Oral contraceptive pill (combined & Mini-pill) Injectables (Depo Provera, Norigynon – 3 monthly) Lactational Amenorrhoea Method (LAM) Natural Family Planning Method Long Term (Long-Acting) Methods • • Intra Uterine Device Implants - Jadelle Permanent /Irreversible Methods • • Tubal Ligation or female sterilisation Vasectomy or male sterilisation Community health volunteers should note that though there are several family planning methods, they are allowed to promote and sell only some of the short term methods. These are the spermicides and condoms. This is because the other methods require high level of technical skill before the provider can effectively serve clients which volunteers don’t have. Exercise 4.4.3 Objective 1. To discuss the Family Planning devices that volunteers can dispense in the community Time: 10 minutes Questions 1. What family planning methods do you know about? 2. Which ones sre volunteers not allowed to administer and why? What is a condom? Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Ask the questions in the left box 2. List responses on a flip chart 3. Discuss and clarify which FP methods volunteers cannot administer 4. Explain why volunteers can not administer certain methods. A male condom is a sheath designed to fit over a man’s erect penis which prevents passage of semen into the female reproductive tract during intercourse. Most condoms are made of thin latex rubber, animal tissue or polyurethane. Condoms are dry or lubricated with waterbased lubricant. Some condoms are lubricated with spermicidal agents. Male condoms are effective in preventing pregnancy when used correctly and consistently with every act of intercourse.
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