Two SPHTM professors contribute to family planning resource guide

Two members of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine have contributed to the 4th Annual Family Planning Resource Guide developed by Knowledge Success.

Dr. Katherine Andrinopoulos, Associate Professor in the Department of International Health and Sustainable Development, and Dr. Janna Wisniewski, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health and Sustainable Development, built a self-assessment tool for gender competency that is included in this year’s larger guide.

The Gender Competency Self-Assessment Tool for Family Planning Providers provides a method for measuring the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of individual providers in six domains of gender competency. By completing the self-assessment, providers can determine their current level of gender competency, and thereby identify areas of strength and weakness in each domain.

The Family Planning Resource Guide highlights 17 of USAID’s most promising family planning resources developed this year.

The self-assessment tool is part of a larger toolkit to increase the gender competency of FP providers developed by USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health.

Providers who would like to increase their gender competency based on their self-assessment may choose to complete the eLearning course available here.