Rapid Needs Assessment Tool for Condom Programming
Document Type
Guide/Toolkit
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
The Population Council has collaborated with UNFPA to develop and test a rapid needs assessment and data-gathering tool to serve as a basis within a country for improving condom programming (including distribution and promotion of condoms) to prevent HIV transmission. The project has three objectives: development of a rapid needs assessment tool for condom programming, which includes development of guidelines for utilizing the tool; pretesting of the initial assessment tool in four countries; and dissemination of the revised tool with accompanying guidelines. The rapid needs assessment tool has been pretested in four countries—Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, and Kenya. This report presents the results of these assessments along with issues for consideration in the possible improvement of the needs assessment tool and the recommended process for using the tool. Findings indicate that while condoms are widely available, and condom use is generally increasing, there is much that could be done to improve their distribution, promotion, and utilization, especially among key target groups that are at a high risk for HIV.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Robert A., Nancy L. Sloan, Eugene Weiss, and Bernard Pobiak. 2003. "Rapid Needs Assessment Tool for Condom Programming." New York: UNFPA and Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/hiv2003.1017
Language
English