CCIH Publications - Family Planning/Reproductive Health

Family Planning Reduces Abortion - and Faith Groups Can Help. December 2011. Christian Connections for International Health. A fact sheet on how family planning helps reduce abortions with compelling quotes from key prominent Christian public health leaders on the effect of family planning in reduction of abortions.

Family Planning: Another Way Faith Groups Can Prevent HIV Infections. December 2011. Christian Connections for International Health with support from Georgetown Institute for Reproductive Health and the United Nations Foundation. A fact sheet on how family planning helps reduce and prevent HIV infections with suggestions on incorporating family planning practices to current HIV/AIDS activities.

Family Planning Methods: How do they work and why does it matter? 2011. Christian Connections for International Health with support from Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health. The decision about which family planning methods are acceptable varies widely among Christian organizations and individuals, and is influenced for some by whether the method acts to prevent conception or is thought to act as an abortifacient (capable of causing an abortion). One of the objectives of CCIH is to provide updated, evidence-based information, resources and viewpoints on a variety of pertinent international health topics to serve our member organizations and affiliates. Because family planning is a topic of considerable interest, the purpose of this paper is to primarily address how basic methods work and to clarify what is currently known with respect to specific methods.

Contraceptive Security: What are Faith-Based Organizations Saying? October 2011. Contraceptive Security is a major concern of African faith-based organizations, donors and partner organizations supporting services by FBOs. Christian Connections for International Health interviewed representatives from eight countrywide Christian Health Associations (CHAs) at the biennial conference of the African Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) in Accra, Ghana in February 2011 and these are the results.

International Family Planning: Christian Actions and Attitudes - A Survey of Christian Connections for International Health Member Organizations. 2008.Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH), USAID and Georgtown University Institute for Reproductive Health. For an executive summary of the survey, click here.

Do you think you know where Christians stand on family planning? Think again! 2011. This Fact Sheet, produced by CCIH, has been used for visits to Capitol Hill when meeting with Members of Congress. It provides support for the idea that Christians are in favor of family planning, reflective of our 2008 survey results.

Opportunities for Faith-Based Organizations to Integrate Family Planning with HIV/AIDS Services. 2009. Christian Connections for International Health and Family Health International. This 2-page document makes the following points: benefits of family planning, unmet need for family planning remains high (especially among HIV-positive women), faith-based organizations are willing and able to provide family planning services, family planning includes a variety of methods, and family planning integration with HIV services. The document also provides examples of faith-based organizations providing family planning around the world.

Voices from the Global South. The members of Christian Connections for International Health span the globe. They have long-term working relationships with numerous faith groups, health systems and governments. They are uniquely placed to hear and voice the concerns, of both health professionals and ordinary citizens. Here CCIH has gathered statements about family planning, its history, and its current strengths and weaknesses in several countries of the Global South.

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