Handbook of Indicators for Family Planning Program Evaluation

摘要

A comprehensive listing of the most widely used indicators for evaluating familyplanning programs in developing countries is presented in the handbook. The indicators, which number just over 100, are organized according to the conceptual framework developed under USAID's Family Planning Evaluation project, which maps the pathways, through which programs achieve results at both the program and people levels and thus provides a logical framework for developing an evaluation plan. The indicators are grouped under eight major categories: (1) policy environment, (2) service delivery operations (management, training, commodities and logistics, IEC, and research and evaluation), (3) service outputs (in terms of accessibility, quality of care, and program image), (4) demand for children, (5) demand for family planning, (6) service utilization, (7) contraceptive practice, and (8) impact on fertility (in terms of birth rates, births averted, etc.). Each individual indicator is defined, data requirements and the most common sources of data are identified, and the purpose of the indicator and key issues concerning it are briefly described. As the indicators will be subjected to further testing and it is expected that new indicators will be identified, an update of the handbook is planned for 1995.