FRONTIERS PROJECT
Using Community Workers to Improve Men’s Reproductive Health Awareness in the Philippines

FRONTIERS, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, partnered with the Research Institute for Mindanao Culture to test an intervention in which community-based workers sought to improve men’s understanding of reproductive health and foster increased communication between husbands and wives. The intervention resulted in significantly improved communication between husbands and wives, but did not significantly change their family planning use. The nongovernmental organization KAANIB, which works with small farmers and beneficiaries of agrarian reform in Bukidnon Province, is incorporating the project’s strategy into its mission.

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Location

Philippines

Duration

May 1999–December 2000

Population Council researcher

Marilou Costello

Non-Council collaborators

Ministry of Health

Research Institute for Mindanao Culture

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type. 

2001
Palabrica-Costello, Marilou, Zimmbodilion Mosende, Myrna Seidman, and Lita Palma-Sealza. "Enhancing NGO-LGU collaboration in family planning: Using community workers to reach men in an agrarian setting," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

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See Also

• Philippines

• Men and Reproductive Health

• Community-based Distribution of Contraceptives

• FRONTIERS Philippines

• FRONTIERS Community-based Distribution of Contraceptives

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