reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16
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The Participant’s Manual contains:
♦ “Participant Handouts” for group exercises, case studies, and pre- and post-tests, as
well as a participant evaluation form. Any handouts that are to be used in class are
found in this section.
♦ “Content” drawn from the Trainer’s Manual that can be used as reference material by
the participant. The material should be photocopied and available by the time training
begins. The materials may be given out at the end of each specific learning objective
or all together at the end of the course.
GUIDE TO SYMBOLS
References to participant handouts, transparencies, and trainer’s tools occur as both text and
symbols in the “training/learning methods” section. The symbols have number designations
that refer to specific objectives and the sequence within the specific objectives. Handouts,
transparencies, and trainer’s tools are arranged in chronological order and correspond to the
numbered symbols in the “training/learning methods” section.
Participant Handout Transparency Trainer’s Tool
INFORMED CHOICE
Informed choice is allowing a client to freely make a thought-out decision about family
planning based on accurate, useful information. Counseling provides information to help the
client make informed choices.
“Informed” means that:
• Clients have the clear, accurate, and specific information that they need to make
their own reproductive health choices.
• Clients understand their own needs. They have thought about their own situation, and
with the help of service providers, they decide on appropriate treatment, procedures, or
methods of family planning according to their own needs.
“Choice” means that:
• Clients have a range of family planning methods to choose from.
• Clients have a choice whether and how they want to be treated.
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