Reproductive Health Assessment: Importance and Process

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What is the women's reproductive health survey?

Delivering on a key commitment in the Women’s Health Strategy, the Women’s Reproductive Health Survey will seek women’s views across England on issues including periods, contraception, fertility, pregnancy and the menopause. Findings from the survey will then be used to better understand women’s reproductive health experiences over time.

What is reproductive health?

Reproductive health affects the lives of women and men from conception to birth, through adolescence to old age, and includes the attainment and maintenance of good health as well as the prevention and treatment of ill-health (see Box 2, page 6). Reproductive health services cover a wide range of programme areas.

Is reproductive health a public health issue?

Reproductive health is a public health issue is a series of 3 documents about reproductive health impacts and healthcare needs of women based on experiences from a survey of 7,500 women and focus group discussions and a consensus statement about reproductive health as a public health issue.

Is reproductive health a human right?

Reproductive health is a human right, yet reproductive health conditions are the leading cause of death and illness in women of childbearing age worldwide. At least 200 million women who want to plan their families or space their births lack access to safe and effective contraception.

What is a reproductive health indicator?

An indicator must reflect only changes in the issue or factor under consideration. At national level, an indicator must be able to act as a “marker of progress” towards improved reproductive health status, either as a direct or proxy measure of impact or as a measure of progress towards specified process goals.

What are reproductive health services?

Reproductive health services cover a wide range of programme areas. Comprehensive reproductive health care includes: counselling, information, education, communication and clinical services in family planning; Box 2. The ICPD definition of reproductive health

What Is Reproductive Health Assessment

1. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-womens-reproductive-health-programme-2020-to-2021/womens-reproductive-health-programme-progress-products-and-next-steps
2. https://www.unfpa.org/resources/guide-tools-assessments-sexual-and-reproductive-health-introduction
3. https://www.nhs.uk/womens-health/
4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10414374/
5. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331847/9789240004092-eng.pdf
6. https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789240085909

Reproductive Health Assessment Information

1. https://pressbooks.montgomerycollege.edu/healthassessment/chapter/focused-assessment-reproductive-assessment/
2. https://crgh.co.uk/directory/investigations/fertility-assessments/