Standard Days Method (SDM) is a modern, fertility awareness-based method of family planning that is 95% effective when used correctly and 88% with typical use.…
What is Standard Days Method® (SDM)?
IRH partnered with seven organizations to examine the current extent of reproductive health (RH) supplies’ availability via e-commerce, and the likelihood for future expansion through…
A guide for group learning and counseling on fertility awareness and family planning Developed and tested as part of the FACT Project, Group Learning and Counseling is…
The Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) is a short-term family planning method based on the natural effect of breastfeeding on fertility. The act of exclusive breastfeeding…
Welcome to the CycleBeads® Integration Guide, a resource for U.S.-based family planning programs who wish to integrate the Standard Days Method® (SDM), used with CycleBeads, into their services.
Guided and informed by the systems-oriented approach espoused in the ExpandNet scale-up framework, this compendium represents a distillation of knowledge and tools for scale-up monitoring,…
Fertility Awareness is actionable information about fertility throughout the life course and the ability to apply this knowledge to one’s own circumstances and needs. It…
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Integration of Gender into Family Planning Programs
The FAM Project builds upon the experience of previous USAID-funded projects in which IRH developed, tested and introduced fertility awareness-based methods (FAM) in diverse family planning programs in over 20 countries worldwide.
Developing direct-to-consumer Approaches to Family Planning
Mobilizing faith-based organizations to expand family planning
Systematic Scale-Up of Reproductive Health Innovations
Fertility Awareness for Community Transformation
IRH has led the research and implementation of USAID’s natural family planning portfolio for several decades.
Providing women with accurate information about their fertility can serve as the critical link that helps them make timely, healthy choices about family planning.
Expanding Family Planning Access, Availability, and Awareness
IRH provides technical assistance both in-country and internationally in social science research and project monitoring, learning, and evaluation.
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Integrating the Standard Days Method® (SDM) into family planning programs provides an opportunity to test innovative strategies to engage...
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This brief highlights the results of research in India and Guatemala that demonstrated improved ability for women to make...
This study assesses the competency and acceptability of community-based provision of Standard Days Method (SDM) to first-time users in...
Though population surveys in Nepal continue to show a declining total fertility rate (TFR), the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR)...
Scaling Up the Standard Days Method® of Family Planning in Five Countries, authored by Ruth Simmons, Laura Ghiron and Peter...
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The Cost of Integrating the Standard Days Method (SDM) into Family Planning Programs at Scale and of Providing the...
Programs need to undertake a number of steps to ensure that SDM is successfully introduced and made part of...
This brief shares a story of achievement, highlighting how the Standard Days Method® (SDM) reached nationwide coverage in Rwanda’s...
This initiative explored whether remote trainings via Interactive Voice Response (IVR) enabled technology could be used to successfully train...
Keywords: Standard Days Method, Collar del Ciclo, Collier du Cycle, MDF, Methode des Jours Fixes, Metodo de Dias Fijos,...
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This self-instructional, self-paced course for USAID Population, Health and Nutrition Officers and Cooperating Agency staff addresses SDM basics, eligibility...
The feasibility and effects of incorporating the Standard Days Method® (SDM), a simple fertility awareness family planning method, as...
This flier gives an overview description of the “Standard Days Method with CycleBeads: Who can use this method” video...
This executive summary and full report present conclusions from a six-year, five-country initiative conducted by the Institute for Reproductive...
The mere availability of family planning (FP) services is not sufficient to improve reproductive health; services must also be...
Keywords: Collar del Ciclo, Collier du Cycle, cyclebeads, MDF, Methode des Jours Fixes, Metodo de Dias Fijos, MJF, SDM,...
Keywords: Peru, Standard Days Method, SDM
Time to Completion: 2 Hours The Standard Days Method Webinar is intended for providers. To complete the webinar, first...
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Keywords: CycleBeads, Standard Days Method, SDM, FAM Project, video
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