Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP)

Purpose

This training module is designed to support health care workers in developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide accurate information and counseling on PPFP and to promote voluntary and informed choice and decision-making.

Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP) Facilitators Guide

This Facilitator’s Guide will help you make effective use of the postpartum family planning (PPFP) module of The Training Resource Package (TRP). The TRP module on PPFP is part of a global resource package for trainers, supervisors, and program managers. It contains high quality user-friendly materials and resources for designing, conducting and evaluating training for family planning (FP) providers. The resource package is specifically designed for mid-level providers but also contains more advanced materials for physicians and can be adapted for use with lower-level community health workers.

Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP) Facilitators Guide
Word document . 332.98 kB

Learning Objectives

By the end of the training, as appropriate to their scope of practice and job description, trainees should be able to:
1
Define the postpartum period, key terminologies relevant to PPFP, the optimal time to start PPFP, benefits of PPFP, and potential side effects for the mother and child
2
Discuss postpartum contraceptive options available for women who are breastfeeding and women who are not breastfeeding
3
Define Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) as per World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and discuss the health and socio-economic benefits of HTSP
4
Discuss optimal opportunities for counseling clients on sexual and reproductive health needs and options, including PPFP, and integrating PPFP with other service delivery points across the antenatal and postnatal periods
5
Discuss opportunities and barriers to providing and measuring PPFP services and considerations to organize PPFP services to be client centered

Module Session Plan

The session plan describes the subject content, method of instruction, learning activities, resources and materials that will support you in preparing for and conducting the session. It includes a training schedule that provides a breakdown of the module by day, time, and topic

Evaluation Tools

The module contains tools for evaluating the knowledge and skill of trainees. These include pre- and post-knowledge assessment questionnaires having objective questions, with instructions for scoring the tests and competency-based skills checklists for assessing the acqired skills during and after the training. It also contains the course evaluation tool.

Handouts

The module has a set of handouts with specific information and key take away messages and Job aids to support learning at workplace. Handouts should be printed and distributed to the learners.

References

The main references for the implants module as well as for other modules of the TRP are the World Health Organization’s four cornerstones of family planning guidance.
search icon
File Name
File Type
Size
All downloads (0)
Word Doc
71.16 kB
Word Doc
54.94 kB
Word Doc
62.54 kB
Word Doc
61.34 kB
Word Doc
61.45 kB
Word Doc
60.66 kB
Word Doc
790.71 kB
Word Doc
1.15 mB
Word Doc
301.51 kB
PPT
4.87 mB
Word Doc
55.51 kB
Word Doc
94.08 kB
Word Doc
57.51 kB
Word Doc
70.72 kB
PPT
3.95 mB
PPT
1.74 mB
PPT
1.86 mB
PPT
5.64 mB
Word Doc
60.59 kB
Word Doc
67.04 kB
Presentation Slides

The PowerPoint presentations include technical information on COCs. There are three types of slides:

Pale blue/green slides

Slides conveying most of the technical information are pale blue/green

Pale blue/green slides with a pink header

The pale blue/green slides with a pink header are primarily pictorial slides. Many of them come from WHO’s Decision-Making Tool for Family Planning Clients and Providers. They are useful for all trainees, but are especially useful for trainees of low-literacy.

Pale blue advanced slides

The pale blue advanced slides present research that supports the recommendations in the Global Handbook and the Training Resource Package and can be included or excluded by the facilitator as appropriate. They are especially appropriate for physicians who may desire additional information from supporting research studies. The text for these slides can be found in the speaker’s notes, rather than in the session guide.

Contact Us

For all queries, please email us at srhcfc@who.int.