How and Why Family Health Is a Religious Concern: A West African Experience with International Cooperation
This article by Katherine Marshall, Executive Director of World Faiths Development Dialogue explores the history of engaging faith actors in family planning and successful tactics to gain their support for efforts that improve the health of their communities, such as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies through family...
Afua ya Elimu juu ya Uzazi wa Mpango – Mtaala kwa ajili ya Viongozi wa Dini ya Kikristo
Mtaala wa siku moja uliojumuisha vipengele vya kidini na kiafya vya uzazi wa mpango ulitumika kutoa elimu kuhusu uzazi wa mpango kwa viongozi wa dini kaskazini-magharibi mwa Tanzania. Mtaala huu, ambao ulifundishwa pamoja na viongozi wa kidini wa Tanzania na wataalamu wa afya, ulipimwa katika jaribio la kikundi...
Curriculum to Teach Christian Religious Leaders about Family Planning
A one-day curriculum that incorporates religious and medical aspects of family planning was used to provide education about family planning to religious leaders in northwest Tanzania. The curriculum, co-taught by Tanzanian religious leaders and health professionals, was tested in a cluster randomized trial in 24 communities. The uptake...
Strengthening Partnerships with Faith Actors in Family Planning
This High Impact Practice (HIP) Strategic Planning Guide is intended to lead program planners and decision-makers through a strategic process to engage and strengthen partnership with faith actors in family planning. The guide was developed through consultation with technical experts and builds on guidance from key resources noted...