Workshop 4:
Couples Communication and Decision Making for Reproductive Health
Date: April 10, 2024 | Time: 2:30-4:30 EST
There is a growing recognition that family planning and reproductive health programs may achieve greater results when working with couples rather than individuals, and a growing awareness of the importance of couple relationship quality and functioning to achieve a broad spectrum of health outcomes.
In this workshop, the session leaders and speakers will:
- Review the recently released HIP on couples’ communication and joint-decision making
- Provide examples of promoting couple communication and decision making with First Time Parents approach
- Using an interactive/participatory method, walk participants through a recently launched couples strengthening curricula
Speakers
- Jimmy Nzau, Global Medical Director, Pathfinder
- Erica Mills, FP/RH Advisor, MOMENTUM, Pathfinder
- Jill Gay, J Gay Associates LLC
- Devina Shah, Senior Technical Advisor, World Relief
