Casebook for Family Planning Management: Motivating Effective Clinic Performance

Abstract

In recent times there has been a general consensus that family planning has not produced the desired impact it was expected to exert in controlling population growth. Some of the reasons advanced for this are inadequate persuasion techniques lack of socioeconomic progress which would stimulate demand for family planning lack of strong government commitment and ineffective management of family planning programs due to inadequate managerial skills. This book focuses on the management aspect of family planning on the assumption that effective management contributes to the success of family planning. Managements paramount concern is providing services to the population at a reasonable and acceptable cost be it economic psychological or social all of which constitute barriers to potential users. Delivery of family planning services to the public can be approached in many ways. This book is concerned with service delivery through the clinic; it is divided into 3 parts each of which includes a combination of conceptual materials case problems and case analyses. Part 1 deals with the role of the manager; part 2 deals with the tools of management e.g. target population; performance feedback; supervision; training; and organizational structure. Part 3 concerns the application of managerial tools and skills in realistic family planning situations. This book can be used for individual self-study; self-directed group study; and formal classroom use.