Design, adaptation, and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision-making: Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Contraceptive decision-making is highly complex, and family planning (FP) clients choose methods according to a host of personal, interpersonal, and context-specific considerations. These include concerns about side effects, confidence in their ability to adhere to daily or monthly use, efficacy of...
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| author | Charlotte E Warren Karen R Kirk Tracy L McClair Eileen A Yam Charity Ndwiga |
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| description | Contraceptive decision-making is highly complex, and family planning (FP) clients choose methods according to a host of personal, interpersonal, and context-specific considerations. These include concerns about side effects, confidence in their ability to adhere to daily or monthly use, efficacy of methods, partner support, and HIV vulnerability. FP decision support tools can support FP clients and providers to engage in a joint decision-making process to ensure clients make informed choices about contraception. For more than two decades, the Balanced Counseling Strategy (BCS) and Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) decision support tools have been used in lower- and middle-income countries, informed by implementation science research and iterative updates and refinements to reflect new developments in contraceptive technology and HIV prevention strategies. To inform the development and scale-up of future FP decision support tools, this article describes the development, evaluation, and proliferation of BCS and BCS+. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-802345a8de2a464192aa39d20d0c5b8b2022-12-22T02:52:04ZengF1000 Research LtdGates Open Research2572-47542022-05-01614908Design, adaptation, and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision-making: Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]Charlotte E Warren0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1361-2618Karen R Kirk1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6594-4112Tracy L McClair2Eileen A Yam3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8430-644XCharity Ndwiga4Population Council, Washington, DC, 20008, USAPopulation Council, New York, NY, 10017, USAPopulation Council, Washington, DC, 20008, USAPopulation Council, Washington, DC, 20008, USAPopulation Council, Nairobi, KenyaContraceptive decision-making is highly complex, and family planning (FP) clients choose methods according to a host of personal, interpersonal, and context-specific considerations. These include concerns about side effects, confidence in their ability to adhere to daily or monthly use, efficacy of methods, partner support, and HIV vulnerability. FP decision support tools can support FP clients and providers to engage in a joint decision-making process to ensure clients make informed choices about contraception. For more than two decades, the Balanced Counseling Strategy (BCS) and Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) decision support tools have been used in lower- and middle-income countries, informed by implementation science research and iterative updates and refinements to reflect new developments in contraceptive technology and HIV prevention strategies. To inform the development and scale-up of future FP decision support tools, this article describes the development, evaluation, and proliferation of BCS and BCS+.https://gatesopenresearch.org/articles/6-2/v2family planning counseling job aids decision support tool contraceptioneng |
| spellingShingle | Charlotte E Warren Karen R Kirk Tracy L McClair Eileen A Yam Charity Ndwiga Design, adaptation, and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision-making: Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] Gates Open Research family planning counseling job aids decision support tool contraception eng |
| title | Design, adaptation, and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision-making: Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_full | Design, adaptation, and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision-making: Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_fullStr | Design, adaptation, and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision-making: Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design, adaptation, and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision-making: Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_short | Design, adaptation, and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision-making: Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_sort | design adaptation and diffusion of an innovative tool to support contraceptive decision making balanced counseling strategy plus version 2 peer review 2 approved |
| topic | family planning counseling job aids decision support tool contraception eng |
| url | https://gatesopenresearch.org/articles/6-2/v2 |
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