Community Resources

Title: Adaptation of the Bolivia Community Postabortion Care Model in Egypt and Peru
Authors: C. Tran, K. Giri
Organization: USAID, Extending Service Delivery (ESD) Project
Date: 2006
Description: The intent of this document is to provide a guide to organizations, cooperating agencies, bilateral projects, and communities interested in carrying out community PAC activities and to spark ideas for adaptations based on this PAC model.

Title: Community education efforts enhance postabortion care program in Ghana
Authors: T.L. Baird, D.L. Billings, B. Demuyakor
Organization: Ipas
Date: Am J Public Health. 2000 April; 90(4): 631632
Description: This paper provides information on a project that used existing mechanisms and health personnel to educate the community about the signs of abortion complications and the improved availability of postabortion care services.

Title: Unsafe Abortion and Postabortion Care in Zimbabwe: Community Perspectives
Authors: S. Settergren, C. Mhlanga, J. Mpofu, D. Ncube, C. Woodsong
Organization: Policy Matters, No. 1, January 2000
Date: 1999
Description: This policy brief details a first phase of a social theater project aimed to sensitize communities to the problems of unsafe abortion and motivate community action, while gathering data on community perspectives in the process.