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Afghanistan

• Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
  • Factors influencing contraceptive use among women in Afghanistan: secondary analysis of Afghanistan Health Survey 2012 [2016]

Africa

• PLoS ONE
  • Factors Determining Quality of Care in Family Planning Services in Africa: A Systematic Review of Mixed Evidence [2016]

• WHO Regional Office for Africa
  • A Guide to Identifying and Documenting Best Practices in Family Planning Programmes [2017]

Brazil

• Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  • Contraceptive counseling during the pandemic: practical guidelines [2021]

• Revista de Saúde Pública
  • Use of and access to oral and injectable contraceptives in Brazil [2016]

Cambodia

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Cambodia: identifying actions for scaling up long-acting reversible contraceptives [2017]

Canada

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Coercion Free Contraceptive Care [2021]
  • Canadian Contraception Consensus Chapter 2 Contraceptive Care and Access [2015]
  • Canadian Contraception Consensus Chapter 1 Contraception in Canada [2015]

Democratic Republic of Congo

• Global Health: Science and Practice
  • Availability and Quality of Family Planning Services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: High Potential for Improvement [2017]
  • Family Planning Policy Environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Levers of Positive Change and Prospects for Sustainability [2015]

Developing countries

• World Health Organization
  • Accelerating uptake of voluntary, rights-based family planning in developing countries [2017]

Eastern Mediterranean

• Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
  • A review of family planning policies and services in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region Member States [2019]

• WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Summary report on the training workshop on strengthening family planning services through evidence-based guidelines and best practices, Tunis, Tunisia 13–16 November 2016 [2016]

Egypt

• World Health Organization
  • Impact of provider incentive payments on reproductive health services in Egypt : policy brief [2009]

Ethiopia

• Archives of Public Health
  • Predictors of unmet need for family planning in Ethiopia 2019: a systematic review and meta analysis [2020]

• BMJ Open
  • Trends and factors influencing long-acting contraceptive utilisation among contraceptive users in Ethiopia: repeated cross-sectional study [2021]
  • Spatial variations and associated factors of modern contraceptive use in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis [2020]

• Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
  • Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use in Ethiopian: A Generalized Linear Mixed Effect Model [2021]

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Paving the way for universal family planning coverage in Ethiopia: an analysis of wealth related inequality [2015]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Structural Quality of Services and Use of Family Planning Services in Primary Health Care Facilities in Ethiopia. How Do Public and Private Facilities Compare? [2020]

• Ministry of Health Ethiopia
  • National Guideline for Family Planning Services [2018]

• PLoS ONE
  • Trends and predictors of change of unmet need for family planning among reproductive age women in Ethiopia, based on Ethiopian demographic and health surveys from 2005-2016: Multivariable decomposition analysis [2022]
  • Quality of Family Planning Counseling in Ethiopia: Trends and determinants of information received by female modern contraceptive users, evidence from national survey data, (2014- 2018) [2020]
  • Contraceptive use among women with no fertility intention in Ethiopia [2020]
  • Client and facility level determinants of quality of care in family planning services in Ethiopia: Multilevel modelling [2017]
  • Trends of Modern Contraceptive Use among Young Married Women Based on the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys: A Multivariate Decomposition Analysis [2015]

• Social Science & Medicine
  • Providing universal access to modern contraceptive methods: An extended cost-effectiveness analysis of meeting the demand for modern contraception in Ethiopia [2021]

India

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Priority strategies for India's family planning programme [2014]

• Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
  • Family Planning Practices, Programmes and Policies in India Including Implants and Injectables with a Special Focus on Jharkhand, India: A Brief Review [2015]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Levels and trends in contraceptive prevalence, unmet need, and demand for family planning for 29 states and union territories in India: a modelling study using the Family Planning Estimation Tool [2017]

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • Family Planning Logistics Management Information System (FP-LMIS): Training Manual and User Guide [2017]

• PLoS ONE
  • Mass media exposure and use of reversible modern contraceptives among married women in India: An analysis of the NFHS 2015–16 data [2021]

Indonesia

• BMC Public Health
  • The role of structural and process quality of family planning Care in Modern Contraceptive use in Indonesia: a multilevel analysis [2021]

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
  • Role of Information and Communication Technology and Women’s Empowerment in Contraceptive Discontinuation in Indonesia [2020]

International

• BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
  • A systematic review of the effectiveness of counselling strategies for modern contraceptive methods: what works and what doesn’t? [2019]

• Global Health: Science and Practice
  • Provider Bias in Family Planning Services: A Review of Its Meaning and Manifestations [2019]
  • “New Users” Are Confusing Our Counting: Reaching Consensus on How to Measure “Additional Users” of Family Planning [2017]

• International Planned Parenthood Federation
  • IMAP statement on expanding access and contraceptive choice through integrated sexual and reproductive health services [2019]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Trends in sexual activity and demand for and use of modern contraceptive methods in 74 countries: a retrospective analysis of nationally representative surveys [2020]

• Reproductive Health
  • Participatory approaches involving community and healthcare providers in family planning/contraceptive information and service provision: a scoping review [2016]

• United Nations Population Fund
  • Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Package for Men and Adolescent Boys [2017]

Iran

• Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
  • The impact of an educational program based on BASNEF model on the selection of a contraceptive method in women [2015]

Jordan

• Demographic and Health Surveys
  • Further Analysis of Family Planning in Jordan (AB19) - Analysis Brief [2021]
  • Determinants of Modern Contraceptive Use in Jordan: Further Analysis of the Jordan Population and Family Health Survey 2017-18 [2020]

• Women's Health
  • Family planning interventions in Jordan: A scoping review [2023]

Kenya

• Contraception
  • Provider barriers to family planning access in urban Kenya [2015]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Trends and Contributing Factors to Contraceptive Use in Kenya: A Large Population-Based Survey 1989 to 2014 [2020]

• Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
  • Evaluating the impact of social franchising on family planning use in Kenya [2016]

• PLoS ONE
  • Demand satisfied by modern contraceptive among married women of reproductive age in Kenya [2021]
  • Community Dialogue to Shift Social Norms and Enable Family Planning: An Evaluation of the Family Planning Results Initiative in Kenya [2016]

Laos

• Global Health Action
  • Quality of family planning services for women of reproductive age in Lao PDR [2020]

Low and middle income countries

• BMC Public Health
  • Community based reproductive health interventions for young married couples in resource-constrained settings: a systematic review [2015]

• BMC Women's Health
  • A scoping review on determinants of unmet need for family planning among women of reproductive age in low and middle income countries [2016]

• BMJ Open
  • Incidence of unintended pregnancy among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2018]

• Demographic and Health Surveys
  • Contraceptive Use, Method Mix, and Method Availability: A Multilevel Analysis [2020]

• European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care
  • Contraception supply chain challenges: a review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries [2017]

• Frontiers in Global Women's Health
  • Urban Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Critical Scoping Review [2021]

• Global Health: Science and Practice
  • Routine Family Planning Data in the Low- and Middle-Income Country Context: A Synthesis of Findings From 17 Small Research Grants [2020]
  • Effectiveness of mHealth Interventions for Improving Contraceptive Use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review [2020]

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Family planning for urban slums in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of interventions/service delivery models and their impact [2021]

• Journal of Global Health
  • Time trends in demand for family planning satisfied: analysis of 73 countries using national health surveys over a 24-year period [2019]

• PLoS ONE
  • Economic Evaluation of Family Planning Interventions in Low and Middle Income Countries; A Systematic Review [2016]

• Reproductive Health
  • Does women’s age matter in the SDGs era: coverage of demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods and institutional delivery in 91 low- and middle-income countries [2020]
  • Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among sexually active women in low- and middle-income countries: who is lagging behind? [2018]
  • Optimizing the delivery of contraceptives in low- and middle-income countries through task shifting: a systematic review of effectiveness and safety [2015]
  • Behaviour change techniques and contraceptive use in low and middle income countries: a review [2015]

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
  • Impacts of COVID-19 on contraceptive and abortion services in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review [2022]

• Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Effectiveness of demand generation interventions on use of modern contraceptives in low- and middle-income countries [2016]

Mexico

• Reproductive Health
  • Client, provider, and visit factors associated with quality in contraceptive counseling in Mexico: an exploratory cross-sectional analysis [2021]

Myanmar

• PLoS ONE
  • Utilization of modern contraceptive methods and its determinants among youth in Myanmar: Analysis of Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (2015-2016) [2021]

Nepal

• Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities
  • Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive and Maternal and Newborn Health Needs of Women in Nepal [2019]

• Demographic and Health Surveys
  • Unmet Need for Family Planning and Fertility in Nepal: Levels, Trends, and Determinants [2019]

Nigeria

• BMC Women's Health
  • A narrative review of evidence to support increased domestic resource mobilization for family planning in Nigeria [2023]
  • Factors influencing the use of modern contraceptive in Nigeria: a multilevel logistic analysis using linked data from performance monitoring and accountability 2020 [2020]

Pacific Islands

• PLoS ONE
  • Family planning in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs): A scoping review [2021]

Pakistan

• BMC Women's Health
  • Demand- and supply-side factors associated with the use of contraceptive methods in Pakistan: a comparative study of demographic and health surveys, 1990–2018 [2020]

• Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad
  • Barriers To Family Planning In Pakistan [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • Socio-Economic Disparities in Use of Family Planning Methods among Pakistani Women: Findings from Pakistan Demographic and Health Surveys [2016]

• Reproductive Health
  • Engaging with community-based public and private mid-level providers for promoting the use of modern contraceptive methods in rural Pakistan: results from two innovative birth spacing interventions [2016]
  • National program for family planning and primary health care Pakistan: a SWOT analysis [2013]

Papua New Guinea

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Papua New Guinea : actions for scaling up long-acting reversible contraception [2017]

Philippines

• World Health Organization
  • Performance-based grants for reproductive health in the Philippines: policy brief [2011]

Senegal

• Contraception
  • The Senegal urban reproductive health initiative: a longitudinal program impact evaluation [2018]

• Global Health: Science and Practice
  • Strengthening Government Leadership in Family Planning Programming in Senegal: From Proof of Concept to Proof of Implementation in 2 Districts [2016]
  • Mentoring, Task Sharing, and Community Outreach Through the TutoratPlus Approach: Increasing Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in Senegal [2016]

• Scientific Reports
  • Examining trends in family planning among harder-to-reach women in Senegal 1992–2014 [2017]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Pooled prevalence and determinants of informed choice of contraceptive methods among reproductive age women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis [2022]

• Global Health: Science and Practice
  • Assessment of Family Planning Service Availability and Readiness in 10 African Countries [2018]

• Reproductive Health
  • Design and initial implementation of the WHO FP umbrella project- to strengthen contraceptive services in the sub Saharan Africa [2017]

Tanzania

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Trends and Drivers of Unmet Need for Family Planning in Currently Married Tanzanian Women between 1999 and 2016 [2023]

• Reproductive Health
  • Client satisfaction with family planning services in the area of high unmet need: evidence from Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey, 2014-2015 [2018]

Tanzania, Uganda

• Global Health: Science and Practice
  • Adaptation of the Training Resource Package to Strengthen Preservice Family Planning Training for Nurses and Midwives in Tanzania and Uganda [2018]

Uganda

• African Population Studies
  • Modern contraceptive use among women in Uganda: An analysis of trend and patterns (1995-2011) [2014]

• Global Health: Science and Practice
  • Partnerships for Policy Development: A Case Study From Uganda’s Costed Implementation Plan for Family Planning [2016]

• Guttmacher Institute
  • Contraception and Unintended Pregnancy in Uganda [2017]

United Kingdom

• BMC Public Health
  • Enabling women to access preferred methods of contraception: a rapid review and behavioural analysis [2021]

• Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
  • Service Standards for Clinical Risk Management in SRH [2022]
  • Service Standard for Sexual Reproductive Healthcare [2022]
  • Service Standards for Consultations [2020]
  • Service Standards for Record Keeping in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Services [2019]
  • FSRH/BASHH Standards for Online and Remote Providers of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services [2019]
  • Service Standards for Risk Management in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare [2017]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Contraceptive services for under 25s [2014]

• NHS Digital
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

• Public Health England
  • E-sexual and reproductive healthcare: national framework
  • Contraceptive services: estimating the return on investment

United States

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Effectiveness of Telehealth for Women’s Preventive Services [2022]

• American Journal of Public Health
  • Projecting the Unmet Need and Costs for Contraception Services After the Affordable Care Act [2016]

• Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Effectiveness and Harms of Contraceptive Counseling and Provision Interventions for Women : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2022]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Need for Contraceptive Services Among Women of Reproductive Age — 45 Jurisdictions, United States, 2017–2019 [2021]
  • Update: Providing Quality Family Planning Services — Recommendations from CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs, 2017 [2017]
  • Providing Quality Family Planning Services: Recommendations of CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs [2014]

• JAMA
  • Decreasing Unintended Pregnancy: Opportunities Created by the Affordable Care Act [2016]

• Preventive Medicine
  • COVID-19 and family planning service delivery: Findings from a survey of U.S. physicians [2021]

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Population Affairs
  • Family Planning Annual Report

Vanuatu

• Reproductive Health
  • The case for investing in family planning in the Pacific: costs and benefits of reducing unmet need for contraception in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands [2013]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Providing Family Planning Services During an Epidemic [2021]
  • WHO concise guide to implementing & scaling up family planning service improvements [2018]
  • Ensuring adequate financing of family planning commodities and services [2018]
  • Task sharing to improve access to Family Planning/Contraception [2017]
  • Quality of care in contraceptive information and services, based on human rights standards [2017]
  • Partnering with the private sector to strengthen provision of contraception [2017]
  • Monitoring human rights in contraceptive services and programmes [2017]
  • Improving family planning service delivery in humanitarian crises [2017]
  • Ensuring contraceptive security through effective supply chains [2017]
  • Ensuring human rights within contraceptive service delivery [2015]
  • Framework for ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information [2014]
  • Ensuring human rights within contraceptive programmes [2014]
  • Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services [2014]
  • Task shifting to improve access to contraceptive methods: improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions [2013]
  • A guide to family planning for community health workers and their clients [2012]
  • Scaling up health service delivery: from pilot innovations to policies and programmes [2007]
  • Access to quality family planning services

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