Family Planning Module: Population Dynamics in Kenya, Unmet Need, Counselling Principles and Hormonal Contraceptives

A family planning module built on the competence of managing clients on contraceptives, opening with the terms used in family planning, the history of family planning in Kenya and the national and international commitments behind it. The population dynamics follow - the total fertility rate in rural and urban areas, the contraceptive prevalence rate and its drivers, discontinuation rates, early marriage and childbearing and the unmet need for family planning - then the principles, the benefits to the mother, the child and the nation and the counselling process as an interactive one. The hormonal methods close the module, with the combined oral contraceptives taken through mode of action, types, advantages, limitations, major side effects and eligibility for use.