Introducing Systematic Screening to Reduce Unmet Health Needs: A Manager's Manual

This manual is designed to help program decision-makers managers supervisors and providers to introduce systematic screening in their health services. Systematic screening can improve womens health by addressing multiple unmet needs for reproductive and other health services. This manual provides the information and tools needed for adding systematic screening to your program: The activities necessary to implement systematic Screening; How to select facilities services to screen for and who will screen; Systematic screening checklist development adaptation and pre-testing with examples; Advice for training screeners/providers and supervisors and an outline of a generic training agenda. The contents of the manual may be adapted to reflect local national or programmatic health priorities and resources as well as to promote the use of underutilized preventive services. (excerpt)