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This guide is a series of Bible studies on family planning and related topics to be used with Christian...
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Keywords: Faith-based, Lactational Amenorrhea Method, Standard Days Method, SDM, CycleBeads, M&E, MLE, KIT
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Authored by Rebecka Lundgren, Miranda Beckman, Surendra Prasad Chaurasiya, Bhawna Subhedi and Brad Kerner, Whose turn to do the...
This brief was compiled by ThoughtWorks®, summarizing the CycleTel™ concept-to-product experience. Keywords: Standard Days Method, CycleTel, ThoughtWorks, brief, case...
This document reflects recommendations put forth from the Maternal Infant Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning (MIYCN/FP) Integration Working...
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CycleTel™, a mHealth service that supports use of the Standard Days Method® (SDM) of family planning in India, is...
Keywords: journal article, Studies in Family Planning, 2005, Standard Days Method, SDM, Lundgren, Gribble, Greene, Emrick, de Monroy, Cultivando...
This brief overviews the proof-of-concept, technology platform, pilot testing, and plan for scale for CycleTel™, the mHealth service created by Georgetown...
The Gender Roles, Equality and Transformation (GREAT) Project worked to improve gender equity and reproductive health in Northern Uganda...
Materials in the Toolkit The following materials are included in the each toolkit. For information about the Toolkit’s purpose...
The brief “Strengthening faith-based partnerships in family planning: Integrating the Standard Days Method® into Catholic health services in Rwanda” highlights the role that faith-based...
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The overall purpose of the AWARENESS Project’s activities in Mali was to increase the availability and use of quality...
In June 2002, the USAID Mission in Rwanda invited the Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) AWARENESS Project...
This long-term follow-up study sought to learn more about Standard Days Method® (SDM) use beyond the six or 12...
The feasibility and effects of incorporating the Standard Days Method® (SDM), a simple fertility awareness family planning method, as...
Facts for Family Planning presents a comprehensive collection of key information and messages that anyone can use who communicates to...
Keywords: CycleBeads, Standard Days Method, SDM, Kenya, FHI
This PowerPoint presentation was originally shared on May 23, 2013 during the “Mobile Technology & Family Planning: New Findings...
El Instituto de Salud Reproductiva de la Universidad de Georgetown (IRH por sus siglas en inglés) se complace en anunciar el...
Herramientas para la integración del Método de Días Fijos® en programas es una colección de recursos desarrollados y utilizados por programas...
Dentro de este marco, y basándose en los resultados de una investigación formativa, el Instituto de Salud Reproductiva de la Universidad...
The primary objective of the Responsible, Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative pilot is to develop and test a...
Keywords: Standard Days Method, Lactational Amenorrhea Method, CycleBeads, CHW, Community Health Worker, Comic, India, training
Keywords: CycleBeads, Instructions, Insert, Standard Days Method, Methode des Jours Fixes, MJF, Collier du Cycle, French, SDM, directives, Mpango Au Kuzuia...
This flier gives an overview description of the “Standard Days Method with CycleBeads: Who can use this method” video...
Since the early 2000s, the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University (IRH) has introduced and tested the Standard...
Scaling Up the Standard Days Method® of Family Planning in Five Countries, authored by Ruth Simmons, Laura Ghiron and Peter...
How the introduction of the Standard Days Method® of family planning has impacted lives in five countries Most Significant...
Keywords: CycleBeads, Instructions, Insert, Pictorial, Africa, English, Standard Days Method, SDM, low-literacy, low lit, low literacy
The Government of Jharkhand and the Institute for Reproductive Health present: “Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Experiences in Jharkhand.” Keywords: India,...
This executive summary and full report present conclusions from a six-year, five-country initiative conducted by the Institute for Reproductive...
The following is a compilation of PowerPoint presentations shared during IRH's "Lessons Learned from Scaling up a Reproductive Health...
This is an agenda of the meeting on July 25, 2013 hosted by IRH at the National Press Club...
Luego de una introducción inicial a principios y mediados de los años 2000, el Instituto de Salud Reproductiva de la...
This brief describes IRH’s World Bank-funded work with the Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) to expand family planning...
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The Cost of Integrating the Standard Days Method (SDM) into Family Planning Programs at Scale and of Providing the...
This briefing paper was prepared in advance of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Scale-up Technical Consultation, held December 2012.
This meeting report was prepared following the Monitoring and Evaluation of Scale-up Technical Consultation, held December 2012.
On 25 July, 2013, the Institute for Reproductive Health hosted an event titled, “Lessons Learned from Scaling up a...
The 2013 Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG) meeting, “The Big Picture: Viewing Gender, SRH and Very Young Adolescents through...
This document highlights the various topics that the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University will be sharing on...
The Gender Roles, Equality and Transformations (GREAT) Project Community Action Cycle (CAC) Implementation Guide was developed to engage community...
Developed by the Tekponon Jikuagou Project: Addressing Unmet Need for Family Planning through Social Networks in Benin The Community...
In order to assess the social and cultural similarities between Benin and Mali with regards to barriers to family...
This factsheet gives an overview of the Gender Roles, Equality, and Transformations (GREAT) Project approach, intervention, and research and...
Keywords: CycleBeads, Instructions, Insert, Standard Days Method, Methode des Jours Fixes, MJF, Collier du Cycle, French, SDM, directives
FACT is a research, intervention, and technical assistance project focused on answering significant questions related to fertility awareness and...
This literature review was prepared for a technical consultation on fertility awareness held by IRH in July 2013. Literature...
In July 2013, the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University (IRH) held a technical consultation on fertility awareness...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, significant resources have been allocated for family planning programs, ranging from service improvement to policy advocacy...
Using Network Analysis for Social Change: Breaking Through the Barriers for Unmet Need for Family Planning in Mali Formative Research
The main objective of the baseline household survey was to collect data on study respondents’ attitudes and behaviors related to...
Early adolescence is a period of rapid physical, cognitive and social changes and the time when young people form...
This music video features the GREAT Project’s ‘Oteka’ Radio Drama Series theme song, which was written and recorded by...
The article “Systems approach to monitoring and evaluation guides scale up of the Standard Days Method of family planning...
The article “Investing in very young adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health” published by Global Public Health journal advocates for investments...
The article, “Tell them you are planning for the future: Gender norms and family planning among adolescents in northern...
This briefing paper was prepared by IRH in advance of the 2013 Male Involvement Technical Consultation. During the consultation, researchers...
Gendered Perspectives on International Development at Michigan State University published a new working paper collection #304, “Anthropological Approaches to...
Social network approaches in tandem with communication for social change approaches can be used to influence social norms and family planning...
Keywords: Peru, Standard Days Method, SDM
Representing the Global Very Young Adolescent (VYA) Alliance, Save the Children International Uganda, Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW) and Georgetown...
In 2013, with funding fromUSAID, IRH conducted an initial review of recent literature and programs on male engagement in...
The Innovation Working Group (IWG) Catalytic mHealth Grants Program to improve maternal, newborn, and child health in support of...
Published in Reproductive Health Journal, this peer-reviewed article reviews data from a three-year quasi-experiment conducted in two comparable, yet not...
The following is a compilation of presentations shared during a MenEngage satellite session learning collaborative hosted by IRH and...
With support from USAID, Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) and Search Institute collaborated to conduct a study...
Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) in collaboration with Search Institute conducted survey research to test whether positive relationships, opportunities,...
“Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Among Adolescents: Emerging Evidence of Effectiveness,” authored by Rebecka Lundgren, Ph.D, of the...
The A3 Project is working with youth-serving organizations in Rwanda to improve the sexual and reproductive health of very young...
The A3 Project is working with youth-serving organizations in Rwanda to improve the sexual and reproductive health of very young adolescents...
Everyone has been talking about the need to focus programs and research on Very Young Adolescents (VYA). On February...
In February 2015, the African Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) convened its biennial conference in Nairobi, Kenya. IRH, Christian...
How often have you heard the phrase “ecological model” over the last few months? On July 15, the VYA...
GREAT is a set of participatory activities to engage adolescents and adults in discussion and reflection about how to...
Preliminary materials set for Group Facilitators for testing during the FACT Project Proof-of-Concept phase in northern Uganda. Materials set...
The FACT Project’s “Emorikinos Daadang Etogogogitoth Alatanakithi Ngidwe (EDEAN)” solution will be developed and tested in the Karamoja sub-region...
The FACT Project’s Group Learning through Community Organizations solution aims to increase fertility awareness and expand access to Fertility...
As Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) reaches its 30th year, we celebrate our participation in a field that has...
A core activity of the Responsible, Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Project is mentoring. Mentors are men whom young...
Passages addresses the root of chronic challenges in family planning and reproductive health — such as gender-based violence, child...
"Developmental Assets and Sexual and Reproductive Health among 10-to-14 Year-Olds in Northern Uganda," authored by Peter C. Scales, Maura...
Watch Geeta’s story. CycleTel Humsafar is based on the Standard Days Method®, a scientifically-proven fertility awareness method of family planning. It...
Do you struggle to reach adolescents on issues related to gender norms, sexual and reproductive health, or gender-based violence...
Where will you and the broader community be getting your family planning in five years? Customers around the world...