gender responsive programming: an approach to planning and implementation
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Gender responsive programming
An approach to planning and implementation
Elena McEwan, MDSenior Technical AdviserCatholic Relief ServicesCore Spring meeting, April 2010
What does Gender mean?
Gender refers to a set of qualities and behaviors expected from males and females by society. Gender roles are socially determined and can be affected by factors such as education or economics. They may vary widely within and between cultures, and often evolve over time.
What does Sex mean?
Sex refers to the biological differences between males and females. Sex differences are related to males’ and females’ physiology
Catholic Social Teaching & Gender
Responsive Programming
Integral Human Development To better understand the complex world of the communities we serve and design programs that improve livelihood outcomes and increase household resiliency
Catholic Social Teaching
To promote right relationships among all people by ensuring that men and women have the opportunity, capacity, voice and support they need to participate on an equal basis, to realize their full potential, and to reduce the disparities and imbalances of power including those which exist between men and women.
Catholic Social Teaching- Guiding Principles
• Sacredness and Dignity of the Human Person
• Rights and Responsibilities• Social Nature of Humanity• Solidarity• Option for the Poor
The use of a Gender lens in CRS programs
Project cycle:– Pre proposal:
• Secondary data disaggregated by sex• Seek & analysis of information (health outcomes
vs. gender issues)• Include both (women and men)for feasible
solutions to the same problem
– Proposal development and implementation:• Innovation: Changing men’s behavior regarding
health care • How to measure and evaluate its contribution to
better health outcomes
Changing men’s behaviors regarding care during partner’s pregnancy, delivery and post-partum/neo-natal periods:
Which danger signs would make men seek help
During pregnancy:• 26% of men
mentioned bleeding, • 15% fever or
abdominal pain and • 33% did not know of
any sign.
During delivery: • 31% mentioned
bleeding,• 14% fever and • 32% did not know
any sign
During postpartum period:
• 29% mentioned bleeding,
• 13% fever and • 17% did not know
any sign
Danger sings in newborns:
• 41% mentioned fever
• 17% rapid and difficult breathing.
Source: CSP Baseline, 2008
What is the problem in seeking care?
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men together women
Who makes the decision
Pregnancy
Birth
For newborn
Systematic approach for behavior change
Planning and Strategy Development
Developing and Pretesting Concepts, Messages, and Materials
Implementing The Strategy
Assessing Effectiveness and Making Refinements
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1. Organization of targeted communities
2. Field work3. Findings
analysis and development of community strategies
First Phase:Formative Research
What is the problem?
Formative research findings:Reasons why men don’t get involved in wife and children health:
1. Don’t know how to do it2. Lack of communication
with wife regarding pregnancy
3. Lack of motivation due to feeling left out by the health staff during care
4. They feel embarrassed to be seen by other women when taking care of the newborns
Second Phase:Probing phase and development of BCC materials
Key behaviors /% achievement
1.Collect fire woods and water: 76%2.Support wife with household work: 100%3.Take care of newborn and older children day and night: 71%4.Feed children (one snack and dinner): 98%5.Agree with wife to stay at the maternity waiting home seven days post partum:75%6.Find someone to take care of the house while he goes with wife to HU: 80%
Key behaviors, cont…
• Go with wife to ANC, ask questions during care: 66%
• Go with wife to HC stay in the delivery room during labor and delivery: 50%
Conclusions:
• Behaviors practiced during the probing phase are feasible and men were willing to try them
• Include in the BCC strategy the health staff to change behaviors
• Of the ten selected behaviors only 8 were practiced, but not due to men willingness but related to the program– Learning curve of field staff– A behavior related to seeking care during L&D
(date of the birth was miscalculated)– Some behaviors couldn’t be evaluated because
the man was not at home during the visit
Thank you!
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