5277.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | ||||
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| This session will describe and analyze major provider-induced barriers to reproductive health services in developing countries. Examples of these barriers include provider biases about service eligibility, providers’ authoritarian stance vis-a-vis methods appropriate for clients, and providers’ moral judgements about clients’ needs for services and “worthiness.” These barriers stem from a number of factors, such as providers’ desire to maintain credibility and stature in the facility and their community. Each of the presenters will provide findings from regional (Asia, Africa, Latin America) case studies on provider-client interactions. The countries to be highlighted are Indonesia, Malawi, Ghana and Paraguay, where researchers employed both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to explore these issues. Discussants from two academic areas will give 10 minute commentaries on each presentation with insights from their respective fields | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Lynne Miller Franco, PhD Barbara Janowitz, PhD | ||||
| John Stanback, MA Paula Tavrow, PhD | ||||
| Impact of provider biases and prerogatives on access to services in Malawi Paula Tavrow, PhD | ||||
| Provider compliance with reproductive health guidelines in Paraguay Dawn Chin-Quee, PhD | ||||
| Analysis of medical barriers from audio taped family planning counseling sessions: Indonesia, Kenya and Ghana Young Mi Kim, EdD, Gary Lewis, MS, Adrienne Kols, MA, Lisa Scipioni, MS | ||||
| Impact of family planning service delivery guidelines in Ghana John Stanback, MA, Kweku Rockson, K.A. Twum-Baah, PhD, Kate Miller | ||||
| Sponsor: | Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health | |||
| Cosponsors: | International Health | |||