Review of the HHS Family Planning Program mission, management, and measurement of results

"A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program provides a broad evaluation of the Title X family planning program since its establishment in 1970. The program successfully provides family planning services to its target audience of low-income individuals, but there is room for improvement. While...

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Main Author: Butler, Adrienne Stith
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on a Comprehensive Review of the HHS Office of Family Planning Title X Program, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Board on Health Sciences Policy, National Research Council (U.S.) Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Other Authors: Clayton, Ellen Wright
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press c2009, 2009
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program provides a broad evaluation of the Title X family planning program since its establishment in 1970. The program successfully provides family planning services to its target audience of low-income individuals, but there is room for improvement. While the program's core goals are apparent, a secondary set of changing priorities has emerged without a clear, evidence-based strategic process. Also, funding for the program has increased in actual dollars, but has not kept pace with inflation or increased costs. Several aspects of the program's structure could be improved to increase the ability of Title X to meet the needs of its target population. At the same time, the extent to which the program meets those needs cannot be assessed without a greater capacity for long-term data collection
A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program recommends several specific steps to enhance the management and improve the quality of the program, as well as to demonstrate its direct contribution to important end results, such as reducing rates of unintended pregnancy, cervical cancer, and infertility. The book will guide the Office of Family Planning toward improving the effectiveness of the program. Other parties who will find the research and recommendations valuable include programs receiving Title X funding from the Office of Family Planning, policy makers, researchers, and professional organizations."--Publisher's website
Item Description:CD-ROM contains appendixes
Physical Description:xvii, 179 p. ill., map 23 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN:9780309131179
0309131170