VHW/MCHW Family planning researchers researcher training.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Safe Motherhood Sub Committee (SMSC) has been publishing Safe Motherhood Newsletter bi-annually with the support of Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP). The objective of the newsletter is to share information, lessons learned and best practices on matters related to safe motherhoo...
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| 520 | |a EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Safe Motherhood Sub Committee (SMSC) has been publishing Safe Motherhood Newsletter bi-annually with the support of Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP). The objective of the newsletter is to share information, lessons learned and best practices on matters related to safe motherhood and neo-natal health; advocate for maternal and neo natal health issues to policy makers and strengthen linkages among safe motherhood neonatal (SMN) stakeholders. The intended readers of the newsletter are health workers, D(P)HOs, and different NGOs/INGOs. After the publication and distribution of 7 th issue of the newsletter, a small assessment of its readership was conducted by the effort of NFHP in 9 districts (Dhanusha, Siraha, Sunsari, Jhapa, Morang, Chitwan, Bara, Nawalparasi and Banke) in October 2005. The objective of the assessment was to know the reach and utilization of the newsletter and to collect feedback on the content from the readers. Interview schedules developed jointly by NFHP and SMSC was pre-tested and administered to two sets of readers-i) health workers (including SMSC members) and ii) D(P)HOs. The interviews were taken by the NFHP Field Officers (FOs) and in total 88 interviews from the first category and 11 (10 DHOs/PHOs of the 9 districts mentioned above and one DHO from Doti) from the later were conducted. Although we intended to interview about 200 readers, only 88 could be interviewed. About half of the interviewees (51%) were AHWs. Among the participants of the survey 53% have read at least one issue of the newsletter while remaining 47% had not read a single issue. Among those who had read, more than half (55%) read 1-2 issues. Those who read all the 7 issues were only six percent. The most read issue of the newsletter was 7 followed by 3, 4 and 2. Regarding how the readers get the newsletter most of the readers (55%) they themselves collected the newsletter from districts and the rest got it by post, courier or had someone to deliver them. More than one half of the readers (55%) got the newsletter within one month of publication, 21% got it between 2-3 months of publication and 17% got it after three months of publication. A great majority of readers (82%) and the D(P)HOs reported the number of copies they get is inadequate hence requested for additional copies. Regarding the content of the newsletter, 53% found it very enriching while 47% found it somewhat enriching. Similarly, six in ten readers found the newsletter very useful and three in ten found it somewhat useful. The most useful content was safe motherhood (87%) followed by neonatal health (77%) and best practices (38%). The readers also said that the newsletter was used as Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials (79%), reference material (49%), training materials (34%) and discussion material (23%). Regarding the language used in the newsletter most (89%) found it easy to understand. The readers most frequently suggested that there is need to increase the reach of the newsletter upto the SHP level, to dispatch the newsletter directly to the HFs by post, and to increase the number of copies for distribution. Regarding the content, some suggested to include songs and poems related to safe motherhood and articles on policy change. Some also suggested publishing the newsletter quarterly and including readers' column in it, publishing the newsletter in local language, including field experiences of health workers, and making the newsletter available to all people of reproductive age group. Similarly, D(P)HOs suggested to add some budget to dispatch the newsletter to all HFs, and according to them the best way to dispatch it was by post. | ||
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