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FRONTIERS PROJECT
Systematic Screening as a Strategy to Increase
Services Integration and Revenue in Honduras
FRONTIERS worked with the Honduran Family Planning Association (ASHONPLAFA) to identify and meet clients' needs for reproductive health services during the course of routine general health care, and to provide those services either during the same visit or at a scheduled subsequent visit.
Baseline surveys showed that clients had a relatively low need for reproductive health services except for potential reproductive tract infections (29 percent of women), but a significant proportion of clients mentioned dental and eye problems that required attention (30 percent for each). However, only 11 percent of clients were screened owing to low provider compliance; thus there were no changes in the number of services provided between baseline and endline. Providers’ reason for noncompliance included crowded services, lack of interest by clients, weak supervision, lack of motivation, and high staff turnover.
Location
Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Duration
December 2003–March 2005
Population Council researcher
Non-Council collaborators
Honduran Family Planning Association (Asociación Hondureña de Planificación de Familia or ASHONPLAFA)
Donor
US Agency for International Development
Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.
2006
Foreit, James R. “Systematic screening: A strategy for
determining and meeting clients’ reproductive health needs,”
FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 6. Washington, DC: Population Council.
(PDF,
348 KB)
Vernon, Ricardo, James R. Foreit, and Emma Ottolenghi. Introducing Systematic Screening to Reduce Unmet Health Needs: A Manager’s Manual, FRONTIERS manual. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)
2005
Vernon, Ricardo, James R. Foreit, Fiorella Mancini,
Suyapa Pavón, and Jheisy Torres. "Systematic screening as a strategy to
increase services integration and revenues in Honduras,” FRONTIERS
Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF,
89 KB)
Related Projects
See Also
- Honduras
- General Quality of Care
- FRONTIERS Publications/Resources on Systematic Screening
- FRONTIERS Quality of Care Improvement
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