12 Questions
What is the main goal of Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RPFP)?
To promote spacing of children within families
Which organization partners with MSWD for conducting Family Development (FDS) Sessions in 4Ps areas?
POPCOM
What does RPFP aim to achieve concerning modern family planning?
Improve access to family planning information and services
What is the purpose of conducting Pre-Marriage Counseling for LGUs?
To enhance the competency of LGUs in family planning
Which type of events does RPFP observe as part of its activities?
Natural Family Planning Week, Family Planning Month
What role does POPCOM play in achieving Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RPFP) goals?
Establishing an online web-based reporting system of couples reached
What is one of the strategies mentioned in the program component to promote responsible parenthood and family planning?
Improve health facilities and service delivery mechanisms to enhance access of persons with disabilities to prenatal care
Which strategy specifically focuses on engaging civil society organizations and the private sector?
Engage civil society organizations and the private sector in demand generation and service delivery for modern family planning
What does the Pre-Marriage Counseling (PMC) Program at the local level aim to prepare would-be-couples for?
Prepare would-be-couples for responsible parenthood including family planning
What is the focus of the nationwide communication campaign mentioned in the program component?
Promote responsible parenthood and family planning for both modern artificial and natural family planning methods using multimedia platforms
What is one of the goals of improving access to and delivery of FP services at public health facilities?
Ensure sustainable availability of contraceptive commodities and quality service provision at the local level
What role do community volunteers play in the program component strategy?
Capacitate community volunteers for demand generation and referral services
Study Notes
Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RPFP)
- The RPFP program aims to help couples/parents exercise responsible parenting to achieve their desired number, timing, and spacing of their children.
- The program also contributes to improving maternal, neonatal, and child health, and nutrition (MNCHN).
Program Strategies
- The RPFP program implements the following strategies:
- Fund releases for Responsible Parenting Classes in barangays
- Partnerships with MSWD for Family Development Sessions in 4Ps areas
- Partnerships with DOH for tracking couples with unmet need in family planning
- Establishment and maintenance of an online web-based reporting system
- Capability building activities on Pre-Marriage Counseling for LGUs
- Development and dissemination of advocacy/IEC materials
- Observance of special population events
Program Objectives
- The RPFP program aims to assist couples to achieve their desired number and spacing of children through effective family planning.
- The program targets zero unmet need for modern family planning through increased access to FP information and services.
Priority Strategies
- The program prioritizes the following strategies:
- Fully promote and implement the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law
- Intensify demand generation activities among poor women and families
- Strengthen the Pre-Marriage Counseling (PMC) Program
- Conduct a nationwide communication campaign to promote responsible parenthood and family planning
- Improve access to and delivery of FP services
- Promote contraceptive self-reliance among LGUs
- Build capacities of service providers for quality FP services
- Engage civil society organizations and the private sector in demand generation and service delivery
- Promote men's involvement in responsible parenthood and family planning
- Improve health facilities and service delivery for persons with disabilities
- Establish and operationalize the integrated Service Delivery Network for maternal health and family planning
- Improve service delivery mechanisms for modern FP
- Capacitate and mobilize local population structures
- Capacitate community volunteers for demand generation and referral services
- Ensure continuing improvement of public health facilities
- Institute the provision of RPFP information and services in the workplace
Learn about the initiatives of POPCOM to support couples in exercising responsible parenting and achieving their desired family planning goals, contributing to maternal, neonatal, and child health.
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