Nov 8, 2018

The Carolina Population Center is pleased to present at the fifth International Conference on Family Planning. The Conference, co-hosted by the Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, will be held in Kigali, Rwanda from November 12-15, 2018.

Scholars from CPC will present 11 posters, 4 panels, and 10 oral presentations on topics including access and quality of family planning services, monitoring and evaluation of programs and campaigns, fertility intention and contraceptive uptake, and gender and reproductive rights. 

Carolina Population Center researchers will present data and findings from MEASURE Evaluation, FP CAPE, and Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) projects.

A full list of presentations can be viewed here.

 

Tuesday, November 13

Empowering Youth to Make Informed Reproductive Choices.
In: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights among Adolescents and Youth.
CPC Researcher: Bridgit Adamou.
Session 1: 10:25-11:45am
Location: AD5

Sustainability of NURHI Program Activities Two-Years Out: Qualitative Findings.
In: Entertainment, Games, and Family Planning.
CPC Researchers: Lisa Calhoun, Ilene Speizer, and Courtney McGuire.
Session 1: 10:25-11:45am
Location: AD1
Conference Track: Demand Generation and Social and Behavior Change

Segmented Client Approach Helps Increase the Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives and Permanent Methods in Bangladesh: Findings from an Operations Research.
In: Tailoring Family Planning Services by Fertility Needs and Maximizing Market Efficiencies.
CPC Researcher: Mizanur Rahman.
Session 1: 10:25-11:45am
Location: AD9
Conference Track: Expanding Access to Family Planning

What Have We Learned from 20 Years of NGO Family Planning Service Delivery in Bangladesh?
In: Poster Session 2.
CPC Researchers: Gustavo Angeles, Sian Curtis, Mizanur Rahman, and Nitai Chakraborty.
Poster Session 2: 11:30am-2:30pm
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

The Retrospective Reproductive Calendar: A Closer Look at Reliability.
In: Right Indicator, Right Measurement, at the Right Time to Understand Family Planning Decision Making.
CPC Researchers: Sian Curtis and Katherine Tumlinson.
Session 2: 11:55am-1:15pm
Location: AD12
Conference Track: Advances in Monitoring and Evaluation Methods

Digging Deeper into the Measurement of Pregnancy Intentions: Identifying Strengthened Measurement for Informing Program and Policy.
In: Measurement and Outcomes of Fertility Preferences.
CPC Researchers: Lisa Calhoun, Ilene Speizer, Veronica Escamilla, and Peter Lance.
Session 3: 2:35-3:55pm
Location: AD5
Conference Track: Fertility Intention and Family Planning

Possible Intervention Points of Offering LARC/PM for Improving Low Acceptance of Post-Partum Family Planning (PPFP) among Mothers Delivering at Facilities in Bangladesh.
In: Provider Behavior Change for Family Planning Choice and Uptake: What are We Learning?
CPC Researcher: Mizanur Rahman.
Session 3: 2:35-3:55pm
Location: AD11
Conference Track: Demand Generation and Social and Behavior Change

Identifying Gaps in Monitoring and Evaluation of Male Engagement in Family Planning.
In: Poster Session 3.
CPC Researchers: Bridgit Adamou and Brittany Schriver.
Poster Session 3: 3:00-6:00pm
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

Use of Contraception without Partner Knowledge in East and West Africa.
In: Poster Session 3.
CPC Researchers: Sian Curtis and Ilene Speizer.
Poster Session 3: 3:00-6:00pm
Location: Auditorium Terrace

 

Wednesday, November 14 

Framing the Issues of Family Planning, Fertility and Urban Welfare in the Rapidly Growing Cities.
In: Family Planning, Fertility and Urban Welfare in the Rapidly Growing Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Policy Implications.
CPC Researcher: Ilene Speizer.
Session 1: 10:25-11:45am
Location: AD11
Conference Track: Urbanization and Reproductive Health

Perspectives on the Family Planning Needs of Urban Populations, Focusing on Specific Disadvantaged Groups.
In: Family Planning, Fertility and Urban Welfare in the Rapidly Growing Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Policy Implications.
CPC Researcher: Ilene Speizer.
Session 1: 10:25-11:45am
Location: AD11
Conference Track: Urbanization and Reproductive Health

Consequences of Improving Access to and Use of Family Planning, and of Falling Fertility, for the Wellbeing of Urban Populations.
In: Family Planning, Fertility and Urban Welfare in the Rapidly Growing Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Policy Implications.
CPC Researcher: Ilene Speizer.
Session 1: 10:25-11:45am
Location: AD11
Conference Track: Urbanization and Reproductive Health

Research and Policy Challenges.
In: Family Planning, Fertility and Urban Welfare in the Rapidly Growing Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Policy Implications.
CPC Researcher: Ilene Speizer.
Session 1: 10:25-11:45am
Location: AD11
Conference Track: Urbanization and Reproductive Health

The Impact of Religious Leaders’ Teachings about Modern Contraceptive Use on Opinions about Modern Contraception in Urban Senegal.
In: Poster Session 5.
CPC Researcher: Ilene Speizer.
Poster Session 5: 11:30am-2:30pm
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

The Influence of Men’s Social Networks and Social Norms on Family Planning in Benin.
In: Various Contributions on Male Involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa.
CPC Researchers: Katherine LeMasters and Ilene Speizer.
Session 2: 11:55am-1:15pm
Location: AD11
Conference Track: Men and Family Planning

Getting to Intent: Do Social Norms Influence Men and Women’s Modern Contraceptive Use in the DRC?
In: Unmet Need for Family Planning.
CPC Researcher: Katherine LeMasters.
Session 2: 11:55am-1:15pm
Location: AD12
Conference Track: Fertility Intention and Family Planning 

Sex, Love, & Betrayal: Effects of an Entertainment-Education Radio Serial Drama on Fertility Awareness and Family Planning in Rwanda.
In: Reaching Youth for Family Planning.
CPC Researchers: Victoria Shelus and Scott Connolly.
Session 3: 2:35-3:55pm
Location: AD11
Conference Track: Demand Generation and Social and Behavior Change

Domains of Family Planning Service Quality Associated with Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Secondary Analysis of Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project Data from Urban Kenya.
In: Poster Session 6.
CPC Researchers: Lisa Calhoun and Ilene Speizer.
Poster Session 6: 3:00-6:00pm
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

Quality Starts with Showing Up: A Qualitative Analysis of Provider Absenteeism in Kenya.
In: Poster Session 6.
CPC Researchers: Sian Curtis, Katherine Tumlinson, Margaret (Waru) Gichane, and Katherine Lemasters.
Poster Session 6: 3:00-6:00pm
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

Quality of Family Planning Services in HIV Integrated and Non-Integrated Health Facilities in Malawi and Tanzania.
In: Poster Session 6.
CPC Researchers: Carolina Mejia, Janine Barden-O’Fallon, and Michael Close.
Poster Session 6: 3:00-6:00pm
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

A Health Systems Approach to Identify Supply-Side Barriers to Low Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives and Permanent Methods in Bangladesh.
In: Poster Session 6.
CPC Researcher: Mizanur Rahman.
Poster Session 6: 3:00-6:00pm
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

Household and Facility-Level Findings from Sustainability of NURHI Program Activities.
In: Community-Based Approaches.
CPC Researchers: Lisa Calhoun and Ilene Speizer.
Session 4: 4:20-5:40pm
Location: MH3
Conference Track: Expanding Access to Family Planning

 

Thursday, November 15

Lessons Learned from a Portfolio-Level Evaluation in Nigeria and DRC: The Family Planning Country Action Process Evaluation (FP CAPE).
In: Poster Session 7.
CPC Researchers: Meghan Corroon, Sian Curtis, and L. Lin Ong.
Poster Session 7: 8:00-11:00am
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

A Verification Study of the Use Rate of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives and Permanent Methods in Rural Bangladesh: Demographic Survey, Government Family Planning MIS, and Health and Demographic Surveillance.
In: Poster Session 7.
CPC Researcher: Mizanur Rahman.
Poster Session 7: 8:00-11:00am
Location: Auditorium Terrace 

Were 2016 Evaluation Results Used to Improve FP Campaign Implementation? Case of the Evaluation of Mali’s 2017 National FP Campaign.
In: Poster Session 7.
CPC Researchers: Stephanie Watson-Grant, Janine Barden-O’Fallon, Edem Kossi, Melama Soumahoro, and Aminata Traore.
Poster Session 7: 8:00-11:00am
Location: Auditorium Terrace