Abortion Provision

Clinical Training Curriculum in Abortion Practice, 2nd Edition, National Abortion Federation, 2005

The training curriculum includes ten modules on abortion care, including counseling, techniques, management of pain and abortion complications and post-abortion care and evaluation.

Medication Abortion Training Module, Ibis Reproductive Health, 2003

A PowerPoint presentation designed as a teaching aid for health professionals. View in Arabic

Early Options: A Provider’s Guide to Medical Abortion, National Abortion Federation, 2005

This manual is intended for clinicians involved in providing medical abortion care, or referring women for that care. It has five modules including pharmacological approaches, side effects and management of complications, counseling and clinical assessment and service delivery.

Early Options Self-Study Guide for Health Care Professionals, National Abortion Federation

Features four modules, and includes case studies, diagnostic questions, and highlighted practical tips addressing topics pertinent to medical abortion. Order the Self-Study Guide at the link above.

Information and Training Guide for Medical Abortion Counseling, Talluri-Rao, S, and TL Baird, Ipas, 2003

This guide is designed for use by anyone involved in providing information and counseling to women considering or undergoing medication abortions. It contains material for counselors, information for clients and suggestions on managing counseling services.

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Post-Abortion Care

Woman-Centered Postabortion Care: Trainer's Manual, Turner, K, T McInerney and J Herrick, Ipas, 2004

This trainer's manual is intended for use by trainers who lead trainings in woman-centered PAC for a broad audience, including health-care workers, administrators, program managers, health educators and social workers. It comes with a CD-ROM that includes PowerPoint® presentations, additional training resources and adaptable training exercises.Available only in hard copy and for health-care providers outside the United States. For English copy contact: ipas_publications@ipas.org.

Woman-Centered Postabortion Care: Reference Manual, Herrick, J, et al., Ipas, 2004

This manual serves as a learner’s guide for a state-of-the-art curriculum that prepares health-care workers to provide high-quality PAC services. The manual covers all aspects of PAC, including the guiding principles of woman-centered care, counseling and contraceptive services, and performing uterine evacuation with the Ipas MVA Plus® and EasyGrip® cannulae. Available only in hard copy and for health-care providers outside the United States. For English copy contact: ipas_publications@ipas.org.

Technical resources for postabortion care: A series of three volumes offering flexible approaches to improve postabortion care, Ipas

Volume 1 shows how to assess the need for postabortion care, plan changes in training and service delivery, implement and monitor new services, and conduct periodic evaluation. Volume 2 includes instructional materials for training health professionals in all elements of postabortion care. Volume 3 reviews the whys and hows of monitoring postabortion care services and includes model-monitoring forms. For English copy contact: ipas_publications@ipas.org.

Appendix B: Postabortion Care Resource Materials from Comprehensive Counseling for Reproductive Health—Participant’s Handbook, EngenderHealth, 2003

Counseling the Postabortion Client: A Training Curriculum, EngenderHealth, 2003

This innovative curriculum expands the realm of traditional postabortion care counseling services—which tend to focus primarily on the provision of family planning information and methods and lack emphasis on emotional support and communication—by teaching crucial skills needed to improve communication between providers and clients.

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