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    Renewing focus on family planning service quality globally.
    (2016) Hancock NL; Stuart GS; Tang JH; Chibwesha CJ; Stringer JSA; Chi BH; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, PO Box 34681, 5032 Great North Road, Lusaka, Zambia.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Campus Box 7577, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7577 USA.; UNC Project-Malawi, Tidziwe Centre, Private Bag A-104, Lilongwe, Malawi.; CIDRZ; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
    Reducing the global unmet need for contraception is currently a priority for many governments, multi-lateral initiatives, non-governmental organizations, and donors. Evidence strongly suggests that the provision of quality family planning services can increase uptake, prevalence, and continuation of contraception. While an accepted framework to define the components of family planning service quality exists, translating this framework into assessment tools that are accessible, easily utilized, and valid for service providers has remained a challenge. We propose new approaches to improve the standardization and accessibility of family planning service quality assessment tools to simplify family planning service quality evaluation. With easier approaches to program evaluation, quality improvements can be performed more swiftly to help increase uptake and continuation of contraception to improve the health of women and their families.