Training of Roma Health Mediators in Reproductive Health

enefits of using FP; each small group focus on one of the following “category” of
people:
• women
• children
• men/family
• community
Allow them 10 minutes for completing the task.
Ask each group to delegate a person to present their results in front of the colleagues.
Benefits to women:
• Lower rate of abortion and abortion complications
• Fewer women dying during pregnancy and delivery
• Fewer pregnancy or delivery-related problems
• Prevention of ectopic pregnancy, genital cancer, ovary cysts, breast diseases
• Prevention of STIs, including HIV/AIDS
• Better relationship with partner
Benefits to children:
• Children receive better care and education from the family when they are desired
• Fewer children born premature or small for date
• Fewer children dying during the first year of life (if babies spaced by at least a
two year interval)
• Fewer children dying of diarrhea and respiratory diseases caused by malnutrition
• Breastfeeding protects infants against diarrhea and other infectious diseases
Benefits to men/family:
• Benefits from wives’ care and attention (if they are not overloaded with many
children)
• Better couple relations
• Prevention of STIs, including HIV/AIDS
• Better allocation of financial resources for family needs
• Greater possibility of providing good education for children
Benefits to the community:
• Prevention of child abandonment
• Fewer children in orphanages
• Healthier population
• Better allocation of existing resources in the community
After each presentation ask the other groups if they have anything to add. Make sure that
the lists contain the benefits of reducing maternal and child mortality and morbidity.
Ask the following questions to the group (ask for 2-3 volunteers to respond to each
question):
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RFHI/JSI Romania Training of RHMs in Reproductive Health Session 2: Basic Principles of RH & FP