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This version was published on March 1, 2008
Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 31, No. 1, 3-21 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0163278707311868

Provider Selection of Evidence-Based Contraception Guidelines in Service Provision

A Study in India, Peru, and Rwanda

Federico R. León

Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health, frleon{at}amauta.rcp.net.pe

Rebecka Lundgren

Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health

Victoria Jennings

Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health

Providers underutilize evidence-based practice guidelines as they prescribe contraceptives. To discern biases in guideline utilization by 172 providers of three countries, this study used observations from simulated clients trained to choose oral contraceptives. Providers implemented less than one third of the guideline set, but they addressed, more frequently than other guidelines, items categorized as essential by expert opinion (p < .01). Indian providers emphasized instructions on method use in 9-minute consultations, Rwandan providers emphasized contraindications in 29-minute sessions, and Peruvian providers did not emphasize any single guideline category. Providers should use job aids to improve guideline utilization. Those pressed for time need an evidence-based, rather than arbitrary, selection of essential guidelines that optimizes client outcomes. Practice-based research must be generated to meet this need.

Key Words: contraception • practice guidelines • provider implementation


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