CONTENTS
Chapters
- Unmet Need and Family Planning Programs
- Reasons for Unmet Need
- Who Has Unmet Need?
- Program Implications
- A Process to Address Unmet Need
HIGHLIGHTS
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Volume XXIV, Number 1
September, 1996 |
A Process to
Address Unmet Need
To design and implement an unmet need strategy, as in many other service
delivery and communication efforts, it is best to follow a process (156,
170, 178). A process for developing an unmet
need strategy consists of four steps:
- Analysis. In the analysis phase programs explore the reasons
for unmet need using in-depth qualitative research as well
as large-scale surveys, and they assess the size and
characteristics of the unmet need group, dividing it into
distinct subgroups.
- Strategic design. Based on this analysis, programs make
strategic decisions about which unmet need subgroups should
have the highest priority. They plan program activities that
can best address these high-priority subgroups.
- Implementation. Programs then respond to the needs of
high-priority subgroups, offering to each subgroup
appropriate information and services.
- Monitoring and evaluation. Programs monitor their efforts
while underway and evaluate their impact periodically. By
tracking progress closely, programs improve both design and
implementation of the unmet need strategy.
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