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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2015 Jun;41(2):69–79. doi: 10.1363/4106915

Table 4.

Quality of care in select health care facilities surveyed by MLE/Tupange in urban Kenya, 2011.

A: FACILITY AUDITS N=260 facilities
Choice of methods

 Mean number of methods provided (range) 7.3 (1–12)
 Mean number of methods provided and currently available (range) 5.5 (0–8)
 Mean number of methods provided and not out of stock in the previous year (range) 3.8 (0–8)
 Facilities with at least one long-acting, one shorter-term, and one barrier method provided 63.1%
 Facilities with at least one long-acting, one shorter-term, and one barrier method provided and currently available 55.8%
 Facilities with at least one long-acting, one shorter-term, and one barrier method not out of stock in previous year 33.1%

Integration

 Facilities integrating family planning with child health services 85.8%
 Facilities integrating family planning with post natal care services 78.1%
 Facilities integrating family planning with HIV services 90.0%

Infrastructure or facility “readiness”

 Facilities with a private exam room 87.3%
 Facilities with water 78.5%
 Facilities with electricity 93.9%
 Facilities with blood pressure cuff 95.4%
 Facilities with a speculum 82.3%
 Facilities with family planning guidelines 51.5%
 Facilities with quality assurance measures in place 38.9%
B: PROVIDER INTERVIEWS N=648 providers
Choice of methods

 Provider discusses different FP methods with clients 80.9%
 Provider asks the client about their preferred method 47.5%

Information given to users

 Provider helps clients select a method 43.1%
 Provider explains how to use the selected method to clients 52.6%
 Provide r explains side effects of selected method to clients 81.0%
 Provider discusses potential warning signs related to selected method with clients 29.8%

Provider competence

 Provider received in-service training in FP provision 50.0%

Client-Provider relations

 Provider discusses reproductive goals with clients 44.0%

Integration

 Provider integrates family planning with child health services 72.1%
 Provider integrates family planning with post natal care services 70.2%
 Provider integrates family planning with HIV services 80.9%
C: CLIENT INTERVIEWS N=1315 clients
Choice of methods

 Provider told client about different FP methods 46.7%
 Provider asked client about their method of choice 56.7%

Information given to users

 Provider helped client select a method (n=472; new and switching clients only) 40.7%
 Provider explained to client how to use selected method (n=472; new and switching clients only) 65.9%
 Provider told client about possible side effects of chosen method 57.6%
 Provider discussed with client what to do if client has problems with method (n=472; new and switching clients only) 64.6%

Client-Provider relations

 The provider asked client about their reproductive goals 34.8%
 Provider treated client very well 33.4%
 Other facility staff treated client very well 21.3%
 Provider asked client if they have any questions 66.4%
 Client felt comfortable asking questions during the visit 91.1%
 Provider answered all of the client’s questions 79.1%

Follow-up mechanisms

 Provider informed client when to return for resupply 93.4%

Client satisfaction

 Client believed other clients could not see them 83.9%
 Client believed that other clients could not hear them 93.8%
 Client believed that their information will be kept confidential by the provider 87.3%
 Client believed that they received the right amount of information (not too much and not too little) 91.0%
 Client felt wait time was satisfactory 76.3%
 Client felt satisfied with services 91.8%
 Client will use this facility again 98.9%
 Client will recommend this facility to others 97.8%