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Resources
Global Health Technical Briefs
Global Health Technical Briefs summarize the most important information on a timely reproductive health topic in two pages and pinpoint the implications for public health programs. Each brief includes background/definition of the topic, important recent findings or lessons learned in program application, implications for programs, and where to get more information.
With respect to long-acting and permanent methods (LAPMs) of contraception, ACQUIRE generated method-specific, programmatically oriented technical briefs on female sterilization and vasectomy. ACQUIRE also co-authored a technical brief on client-provider interaction (CPI) that underscores the centrality of CPI to FP/RH service delivery hence its being at the center of the ACQUIRE Program Model; and generated new guidance on pain management for female sterilization (updated from guidance issued by EngenderHealth in the 1990s, when it was AVSC, the Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception). Links to the technical briefs are provided below:
MAQ IUD Toolkit
ACQUIRE led (as co-Chair with Family Health International) the IUD Subcommittee of USAID's Maximizing Access and Quality (MAQ) Initiative, which produced the IUD Toolkit. This toolkit is the definitive electronic resource for comprehensive, standardized, scientifically accurate, and evidence-based information on the IUD. It also provides guidance on best practices, as well as tools to help improve access to and quality of IUD services. Because it is a long-acting, reversible method, the IUD can meet the contraceptive needs of many women. Expanding access to the IUD with high-quality services helps fulfill women's right to contraceptive choice and contributes to sustainable family planning programs. To learn more about this important resource, please visit www.maqweb.org/iudtoolkit
Contraceptive Technology Update (CTU): What's New Out There, What Are the Implications?
Presented for the White Ribbon Alliance in 2006, this CTU presents selected latest scientific and epidemiologic findings with respect to modern methods of contraception, as well as their programmatic implications.
Available as a PPT: download (3.1KB)
The Latest Scientific Knowledge and WHO Guidance about IUDs
This presentation reviews the latest scientific knowledge and WHO guidance about IUDs. It translates "knowledge into practice" by presenting important recent findings about the even-greater safety of the IUD and evaluating concerns against the medical evidence. (2006)
Available as a PPT: download (1.9MB)
FP: What's New, What's Hot, What's Not: Considerations for Maximizing Access and Quality in LAC
This presentation on the latest developments in family planning is meant to provide food for thought (more than “answers”), to stimulate discussion, and to model the kinds of dialogues and thinking one would want to engage in with country counterparts as part of policy dialogue and technical assistance in Latin America and the Caribbean. (2007)
Available as a PPT: download (1.9MB)
Pain Management for Female Sterilization by Minilaparotomy
The purpose of pain management is to reduce a client’s anxiety and her perception and experience of discomfort and pain. Local anesthesia with sedation and analgesia has proven to be the most appropriate anesthetic regimen for female sterilization by minilaparotomy, and it is feasible and necessary, even in low-resource settings. Informed by global expert opinion and field experience from many countries, this clinical update reaffirms and refines clinical guidance on pain management or female sterilization in service delivery programs. (2008)
Available as a PDF: download (76KB)
Needs Assessment Package for Male Engagement Programming
For many years, assumptions have been made about boys and men when it comes to their health—that they are doing well and have fewer needs than women and girls. In addition, it has often been assumed that they are difficult to work with, aggressive, and unconcerned with their health. Health care providers may perceive men as the perpetrators of violence against women, against other men, and against themselves, without stopping to understand how the socialization of boys and men encourages this violence. Worldwide, the behavior of many adult and adolescent men puts them and their partners at risk of HIV infection. Engaging men more extensively in HIV prevention has a tremendous potential to reduce women's risk of HIV infection. New research and perspectives are calling for a more careful understanding of how men and boys are socialized, what they need in terms of healthy development, and how health educators and others can assist them in more appropriate ways. EngenderHealth/The ACQUIRE Project and Promundo )a Brazilian non-governmental organization with expertise in gender, sexuality and the prevention of violence against children, youth and women) have developed this package for use by individuals, organizations, and donors interested in carrying out a needs assessment to identify gaps in male engagement programming related to HIV and AIDS prevention, care, treatment, and support, in order to develop relevant and effective programs and/or policies for engaging men in HIV and AIDS. (2008)
Available as a PDF: download (844KB)
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