reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16/Unit 9
CONTENT
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills
Training/Learning Methods
(Time Required)
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Fewer time-consuming minor
complaints and side effects.
• Satisfied clients often return for
reproductive health services and
refer other clients.
• Increased trust and respect between
client and provider.
• Client knowledge of when to return.
• Increased job satisfaction.
• Confidence as number of clients
increase.
• Promotion/recognition.
FACTORS INFLUENCING
COUNSELING OUTCOMES
In every counseling session, many
different factors influence counseling
outcomes. These factors should be taken
into consideration when counseling.
Service Provider Factors
• Provider attitudes and behaviors
• Style of provider (mutual participation
model vs. authoritarian or providercontrolled
model)
• Provider knowledge and skills
(communication and technical)
• Provider method bias
• Provider's own value system
• Differences in client-provider
ethnicity, caste, social class,
language, gender, or education
SMALL GROUP WORK (25 MIN.)
The trainer should:
• Divide the Px into 3 small groups.
• Ask the groups to identify factors that
influence counseling outcomes in
reproductive health service provision.
• Assign service provider factors to
Group 1, client factors to Group 2,
and programmatic factors to Group 3.
• Give some examples of what is
meant by a "factor" in order to help
the groups understand their assigned
task.
• Have each group present the factors
they have identified on a flipchart.
• Fill in where necessary with factors
from the left-hand column and
summarize the main points.
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