title: Community-based provision of family planning in the developing world: recent developments.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study reviews important contributions to the peer-reviewed literature on the community-based provision of family planning in developing countries, from 2012 to the present.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The major areas on which recent reports have focused include pilot studies, drug shops, and new contraceptive technology. The key studies focus largely on the provision of injectable contraception at the community level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Decades of previous research on community-based family planning has focused on the traditional community health worker. Yet, recent developments in this field have expanded many areas that have been studied previously. A major emphasis of recent research has dealt with broadening the community-based locations from which clients can obtain injectable contraception. Drug shops in developing countries are promising locations for family planning services. They are ubiquitous, frequently accessed, and generally sustainable businesses. Also, a new formulation of injectable contraception in an easy-to-use delivery device is garnering global attention for its potential benefits in community-level use. Additional research and programmatic interventions are needed to better understand the training, policy, regulatory, and logistical needs to ensure quality service delivery.
authors.affiliation: Research Utilization, FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Morrisa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Malkin
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stanback
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012736:Sex Education; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate