Implications for Evaluating the Impact of Family Planning Programs with a Reproductive Health Orientation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10797783
AutoresAnrudh K Jain (0000-0002-3342-4067, Population Council, autor de correspondencia), Anrudh Jain
Año2001
Volumen32
Número3
Páginas220-229
Fecha de publicación2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4465.2001.00220.x
PMID11677694
OpenAlexW2150167855
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas9

In 1994, Jain and Bruce proposed an index—HARI, an acronym for Helping Individuals Achieve their Reproductive Intentions—to measure success or failure of family planning programs with a reproductive health orientation. HARI applies the principle of individual rights and well‐being to the assessment of these programs. The index measures two components: the achievement of an individual's reproductive intentions and the avoidance of severe reproductive health problems associated with an individual's efforts to achieve her stated reproductive intentions. A family planning program can be deemed successful if an individual is able to avoid having an unintended pregnancy (or is able to have a wanted child) within the stipulated period and if she experiences no severe reproductive health problems in the process. If these conditions are not met, the program could be deemed a failure. The HARI index has not yet been applied infield conditions. This report illustrates the procedure for estimating HARI by using data from a panel survey conducted in Peru. It discusses the usefulness and limitations of the index in assessing the success or failure of a family planning program with a reproductive health orientation

Environmental health · Family planning · Index (typography) · Population · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Unintended pregnancy · Computer Science · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception