Resource Type:
Facilitator Manual
Region/Country:
Senegal, Nigeria, Haiti, Ghana, Bangladesh
Primary Audience:
Community Health Workers, Healthcare Providers/Staff
Technical Area:
Service Delivery, Maternal and Child Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Family Planning
SBC Approach:
Provider Behavior Change, Advocacy, Gender-transformative, Community Engagement, Small Group Sessions
Guide for MenCare Partners on Training Health Providers: Male Engagement in MNCH and SRHR
This guide outlines the rationale for and approach to engaging men in maternal, newborn, and child health and in sexual and reproductive health and rights, providing best practices for designing and implementing male engagement intervention.
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Organization/author: MenCare
Year: 2016Language: English
Know, Care, Do Theory of Change (learn more)
Components of Engagement:
Know Know about FP/SRH by having factual knowledge about FP/SRH services and methods and harmful gender norms and expectations.
Care Care about FP/SRH by assuming responsibility for their personal health and reproduction and accountability for supporting their partners’ reproductive priorities and needs.
Do Do supportive actions for FP/SRH by taking concrete steps to communicate and help achieve reproductive intentions and goals from themselves and in support of their partners.
Role in Engagement:
Agent of ChangeAs agents of change who actively aim to improve outcomes for themselves, their partners, their families, and their communities.
, PartnerAs partners in their relationships regarding FP/SRH issues and in challenging and addressing gender inequality and inequitable gender norms and roles.
, Client/UserAs clients or users of FP/SRH services with unique priorities, needs, and preferences that should be met by programs.
