A Review of the HHS family planning program : mission, management, and measurement of results / Adrienne Stith Butler and Ellen Wright Clayton, editors ; Committee on a Comprehensive Review of the HHS Office of Family Planning Title X Program, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Board on Children Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on a Comprehensive Review of the HHS Office of Family Planning Title X Program.

Butler, Adrienne Stith, author.

Clayton, Ellen Wright, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Health and Human Services.

United States.

Title X Family Planning Program (U.S.).

Family planning services--United States--Evaluation.

Family planning services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program provides a broad evaluation of the Title X family planning program since its establishment in 1970. The program successfully provides family planning services to its target audience of low-income individuals, but there is room for improvement. While the program's core goals are apparent, a secondary set of changing priorities has emerged without a clear, evidence-based strategic process. Also, funding for the program has increased in actual dollars, but has not kept pace with inflation or increased costs. Several aspects of the program's structure could be improved to increase the ability of Title X to meet the needs of its target population. At the same time, the extent to which the program meets those needs cannot be assessed without a greater capacity for long-term data collection.

A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program recommends several specific steps to enhance the management and improve the quality of the program, as well as to demonstrate its direct contribution to important end results, such as reducing rates of unintended pregnancy, cervical cancer, and infertility. The book will guide the Office of Family Planning toward improving the effectiveness of the program. Other parties who will find the research and recommendations valuable include programs receiving Title X funding from the Office of Family Planning, policy makers, researchers, and professional organizations."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Summary

Introduction

Overview of family planning in the United States

Title X goals, priorities, and accomplishments

Program management and administration

Collection of data to measure program outcomes

References.

APPENDIXES: Data sources and methods

Population research and voluntary family planning programs

Title X family planning program regulations

Program guidelines for project grants for family planning services

Family planning program assessment rating tool

Committee site visits

Family planning annual report data elements

Summary of previous Title X evaluations and reviews

Title X and OPA-funded research

Organization, funding, and management of the Title X program

Measurement of quality in the Title X family planning program

Committee and staff biographies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309143769

0309143764

9780309131186

0309131189