Case studies profile women-centered health programs. Case studies offer lessons learned on how community members identified a reproductive health need, then created a program to meet that need. (in English and Spanish)
To address the serious socioeconomic and health consequences of adolescent pregnancy, the Women's Center of Jamaica Foundation offers the Program for Adolescent Mothers. The Program has two goals: 1) to enable teenage girls to continue their schooling during pregnancy and return to the regular school system shortly after the birth of their child; 2) to educate young women about family planning and to prevent a second pregnancy during the teen years. This case study provides a history of the Program, includes interviews with current and former participants, and includes comments from community members.
Paulson S, Gisbert ME, Quiton M. Case Studies of Two Women's Health Projects in Bolivia:La Casa de la Mujer, Santa Cruz; CIDEM/Kumar Warmi, El Alto. Family Health International: Research Triangle Park. December 1996.
This case study, the second in a series on women-centered health programs prepared for FHI's Women's Studies Project, profiles two programs in Bolivia: La Casa de la Mujer in Santa Cruz and the Kumar Warmi (Health Woman) clinic operated by the Centro de Informacion y Desarrollo de la Mujer (CIDEM) in El Alto. Both programs involve women in the design and delivery of health care, and both offer health care as one of an array of services designed to improve women's quality of life. The La Casa program is action-oriented and works to empower women as individuals and to build solidarity among women from all classes of society. CIDEM's Kumar Warmi project works to transform health care through educational processes; it has a strong basis in gender theory.
Este estudio de caso, el segundo de una serie de programas de salud dirigidos a la mujer y preparados por el Proyecto de Estudios de la Mujer de FHI, delinea dos programas de estudio en Bolivia: La Casa de la Mujer en Santa Cruz y el consultorio clínico Kumar Warmi (Mujer Sana) administrado por el Centro de Información y Desarrollo de la Mujer (CIDEM) en El Alto. Ambos programas involucran a la mujer en el diseño y en la prestación de servicios para el cuidado de la salud, y presentan al cuidado de la salud como uno de los varios servicios diseñados para mejorar la calidad de vida de la mujer. El programa de estudio de La Casa es un programa de acción y busca valorar a la mujer como individuo de la sociedad, y crear solidaridad entre las mujeres de todas las clases sociales. El proyecto Kumar Warmi, bajo la dirección de CIDEM, pretende transformar el cuidado de la salud a través de procesos educacionales; este proyecto se basa fundamentalmente en la teoría de género.
The Women's Health Care Foundation seeks to expand women's health care services "beyond the womb." Established in 1980, the Foundation works to meet the diverse health needs of Philippine women throughout their life cycle, broadening services beyond the traditional maternal-child health programs to include services for adolescents and postmenopausal women; counseling on sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS; information on breast cancer screening and domestic violence; and information for couples seeking contraception as well as couples seeking counseling on infertility. The Foundation operates three health clinics, plus numerous community outreach programs. In addition, the Foundation is involved in advocacy efforts to promote improved reproductive health rights for women. This case study is the third in a three-part series on women-centered health programs.
