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Discuss with clients reasons to return:
- questions or concerns
- symptoms of complications
- follow-up visit for certain methods
- discontinuation of some methods
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Clients should always be encouraged to come back to a provider
if they have any questions or concerns, if they need help managing
side effects, or if they wish to change methods. If clients
experience symptoms of medical complications, they should contact
a provider as soon as possible.
Some methods require that return visits be scheduled. If using
injectables, the woman must return for her next injection at
one, two or three months, depending on which type of injectable
she is using. For IUD users, a follow-up visit should be scheduled
to check the position of the string and possible infection.
Some methods, such as oral contraceptives and condoms, may
require return visits for resupply if other sources are inconvenient
or not available. To ensure continuous use, it is important
for the client to get new supplies of these commodities before
running out.
For methods such as IUDs and Norplant, clients will need to
return when they want to stop using the method or when its recommended
duration of use expires, so that the provider can remove the
device from their body.
Providers should advise clients specifically about what is
planned for the return visit. For example, some may not return
because they think they will be given a gynecological exam,
when that is not necessarily the case.
This slide completes the discussion of the technical information
that should be discussed during a family planning counseling
session. We now examine the third aspect of counseling, the
stages of the counseling process.
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