Choices in Family Planning: Informed and Voluntary Decision Making

The guides in this toolkit are intented to be used to facilitate a broad discussion of the elements and conditions that underpin the concept of informed and voluntary decision making, help users assess the status of sexual reproductive health decision making in a given program by identifying the challenges and supporting factors at the individual/community, service-deliver, and policy levels, and to help users plan strategies to strengthen supports for clients’ reproductive health decision making. The action plan resulting from the next steps part of the guide can serve as the basis for developing a detailed strategy and activity plan that can be implemented, monitored, and evaluated for its impact on RH decision making in service delivery. [adapted from introduction]