Cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visiting triage program for family planning in Turkey
Bertera, R.L.; Green, L.W.
American Journal of Public Health 69(9): 950-953
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-0036 PMID: 112875 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.69.9.950Document Number: 442333
The Population and Development Project in Egypt is a 3-tiered program, designed in 1977, to coordinate development and family planning policy at the village, governate, and central levels. The village committee is comprised of both elected and social members and includes the physician, social worker, schoolteacher, Imam of the Mosque, Bank Director, and other village representatives. 1425 villages out of 4066 are managed by 27 village councils. The program emphasizes rural areas and rural governments. Rural female extension workers have been recruited, trained, and deployed by the villagers. They promote family planning by home visits. A Regional Council for Population and Family Planning (RCPFP) has been organized in each of the 12 governates. At the central level the Department of Population and Development (DPD) has been created to evaluate and monitor the program. Indications of progress are intense involvement of village councils; increased awareness of quality of life improvement by rural populace; performance of local government; and decreased birth rates.