Open AccessFactors that contribute to the varying performance of BSPOs and BHWs in the delivery of family planning services in Iloilo City
Author(s) -
Fely David,
Fely Chin
Publication year - 1994
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.31899/rh1994.1000
Subject(s) - population , service delivery framework , family planning , business , service (business) , public relations , management , economic growth , socioeconomics , marketing , medicine , political science , sociology , research methodology , environmental health , economics
In 1992, the Population Council established the Family Planning Operations Research and Training (FPORT) Program in the Philippines. It brought together program managers and regional researchers to identify problem areas that might benefit from operations research. From Western Visayas (Region VI), the City Population Office (CPO) of Iloilo City in collaboration with the Social Science Research Institute of the Central Philippine University, identified a problem concerning the poor performance of volunteer family planning (FP) workers and undertook to study it. The study focused on the Barangay Service Point Officers (BSPOs) who assist in the delivery of FP services under the supervision of the CPO, and Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) who concentrate on maternal and child care but have minimal involvement in FP and are supervised by the City Health Office. As this report states, the objective was to compare the FP activities and performance of the BSPOs and BHWs in Iloilo City and determine the factors that influence their performance.