This latest information regarding BEST strategies for communicating contraceptive effectiveness comes from the Family Health International news briefs.
A new Cochrane review, conducted with partial support from USAID, may help family planning providers better explain contraceptive effectiveness to their clients.
The authors from Family Health International reviewed five well-designed clinical trials comparing different strategies for communicating contraceptive effectiveness, including a slide-and-sound presentation versus a physician's oral presentation; a table describing the relative effectiveness of different methods versus a table expressing absolute effectiveness in terms of pregnancy rates; and an enhanced counseling program versus a standard one.
The audiovisual presentation improved women’s understanding of contraceptive effectiveness more than the oral presentation, and the table showing relative effectiveness had a stronger impact than the table showing absolute effectiveness. Women who participated in the enhanced counseling program were more likely than the women in the standard program to choose sterilization or a modern contraceptive method. The remaining two trials did not evaluate women’s understanding of contraceptive effectiveness.
More research would need to be done to test these strategies in clinical settings and determine how they affect contraceptive choice. Only then can more formal strategies be designed for communicating information about contraceptive effectiveness and risks.
To read more about this topic, see:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006964.pub2.
Source
Lopez LM, Steiner MJ, Grimes DA, Schulz KF. Strategies for communicating contraceptive effectiveness. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008;16(2):CD006964.
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