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Chapter 1 2 - Working with Men at the Service DeliveryLevel12.1 A Framework for Working with Male ClientsObjectives 1. To describe a framework for working with male clients2. To identify four approaches to providing men’s reproductivehealth services3. To identify new ways of working with male clients4. To identify new ways of reaching male clients that can beimplemented at the participants’ facilitiesTimeMaterials/AdvancePreparation1 Hour• Flipcharts, markers, and tape• Paper or index cards• Resource 14: Male-Involvement Activities• Enough Copies of Handout 26: A Framework for Working withMale ClientsAdvance Preparation• Write the following terms on flipcharts, one term per flipchart:“Social Marketing/Motivation, “Persuasion,” “CommunityEducation/Information-Giving,” “Counseling,” and “Clinical Services.”Display the flipcharts on the wall in a row, leaving enough space under eachflipchart for the participants to post their sheets of paper under it.• On separate sheets of paper, write each of the male involvementactivities listed in Trainer’s Resource: Male-Involvement Activities, oneactivity per sheet of paper. Make sure that you have enough sheets of paperto give one or more to each participant.• Prepare strips of tape for posting the male involvement sheets on thewall.Steps 1. Introduce the activity by explaining that since men are oftenunaccustomed to seeking services at a health facility, it is important to reachmen outside of the clinic walls.2. Review pages of the text, which describe the framework for workingwith male clients. Make sure that all participants understand the differencesamong the various approaches discussed in the framework.3. Explain that the four approaches covered in “The Differencesamong the Four Approaches to Involving Men in Reproductive HealthServices” can overlap one another and provide one or two examples: Whensatisfied clients promote vasectomy in the community, socialmarketing/motivation and community education/information-giving overlap;when a service provider conducts group counseling for vasectomy,community education/information-giving and counseling overlap.4. Explain that each participant will receive one or more sheets ofpaper listing a male involvement activity and that each participant is to placethe sheet of paper on the wall where he or she thinks it fits along thecontinuum between social marketing, community education, and counseling.124