Institutionalization of Reproductive Health Preservice Education in the Philippines: An Evaluation of Programmatic Effort, 1987-1998

From 1987 to 1998, JHPIEGO, through its Training in Reproductive Health (TRH) Project, collaborated with the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN) and the Association of Philippine Schools of Midwifery (APSOM) to strengthen preservice nursing and midwifery education in the Philippines. Between 1987 and 1994, JHPIEGO initiated activities to strengthen family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) and enhance trainer/faculty development in five nursing schools and five midwifery schools. In February 2001, JHPIEGO conducted an evaluation in the Philippines to assess the impact of the preservice program since its closeout in 1998. The objectives were to determine the current capacity of the participating nursing and midwifery schools to implement the strengthened FP/RH preservice program, and to assess the institutionalization of the interventions. [publisher’s description]