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Resources – Standard Days Method

To ensure the quality and availability of materials to introduce, train on, promote, provide and use the Standard Days Method, the Institute has developed the following materials, most of which are downloadable from this site.

Program Resources
Client Education Resources
Service Provision Resources
Training for Service Providers
Promotional Materials
CycleBeads
Reference Materials

Standard Days Method

Lactational Amenorrhea Method

Other Natural Family Planning Methods

Fertility Awareness

Natural Family Planning Safety

Program Resources	Client Education Resources	Service Provision Resources
Implementation Guide (English) (Spanish) Generic Protocol Knowledge Information Tool CycleBeads Procurement and Production Guide Advocacy Brief for Policymakers Advocacy Brief for Program Managers Pre-service Guidelines	CycleBeads Inserts	Job Aids Packet Reference Guide for Counseling Clients Standard Days Method Tutorial
Training for Service Providers	Promotional Materials	CycleBeads
SDM Online Training Training Programs Standard Days Method of Family Planning: A Training for Service Providers and Participant Notebook Counseling Clients on the Standard Days Method (Video/DVD)	CycleBeads Brochure SDM and CycleBeads Fact Sheet Sample SDM Posters CycleBeads: An Easy Way to Use the Standard Days Method (Video/CD-ROM)	How to Order CycleBeads
Reference Materials
Articles in peer-reviewed journals Being Strategic about Contraceptive Introduction: The Experience of the Standard Days Method® Four Criteria to Evaluate Providers' Service-Delivery Response to New Contraceptive Introduction Challenging the Courtesy Bias Interpretation of Favorable Clients’ Perceptions of Family Planning Delivery New Approaches to Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: Incorporating the Standard Days and TwoDay Methods into Midwifery Practice, Journal of Midwifery and Womens Health Explaining Ovulation-Based Family Planning Methods, Contemporary OB/GYN Fertility Awareness Based Methods of Family Planning: Predictors of Correct Use, International Family Planning Perspectives Efficacy of a New Method of Family Planning: The Standard Days Method, Contraception A Fixed Formula to Define the Fertile Window of the Menstrual Cycle as the Basis of a Simple Method of Natural Family Planning, Contraception The importance of screening and monitoring: the Standard Days Method and cycle regularity, Contraception The Standard Days Method of Family Planning: A Response to Cairo, International Family Planning Perspectives Cultivating Men’s Interest in Family Planning in Rural El Salvador, Studies in Family Planning It’s all in the timing: coital frequency and fertility awareness-based methods of family planning, Journal of Biosocial Science Mind the Gap: Responding to the Global Funding Crisis in Family Planning, Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care Expanding family planning options: offering the Standard Days Method to women in Istanbul. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care Application of simple fertility awareness-based methods of family planning to breastfeeding women. Fertility and Sterility New Low- and High- tech Calendar Methods of Family Planning, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health Professional publications SDM Technical Brief, Global Health Technical Briefs New Contraceptive Choices, Population Reports SDM for Family Planning, IPPF Medial Bulletin Jim Shelton’s Pearls, JHU/CCP CycleBeads and managing fertility, NFPRHA Report CycleBeads: Inexpensive, Easy Effective, Global Health Link New Advances in Natural Family Planning, Contraceptive Technology Update Field Notes Field Notes provide brief summaries of Institute studies, which assess the efficacy of simple methods such as the Standard Days Method. Experiences in introducing the Standard Days Method into existing in-country networks, and expanding its availability are also documented in the Field Notes. Introducing the SDM Into Regional Public Sector Services in Peru A Couple-Focused Approach to Improve Family Planning Services for Women and their Partners Building Partnerships to Expand SDM Services in India Expanding Family Planning Options through Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations Reducing Barriers to Offering the Standard Days Method The Standard Days Method™: A New Effective Method of Family Planning Ecuador: Comparing two counseling approaches for the Standard Days Method El Salvador: Introducing the Standard Days Method into Community-Based Programs Honduras: Introducing the Standard Days Method into a Multi-Sector Family Planning Program India: Introducing the Standard Days Method in Rural and Urban Communities Peru: Introducing the Standard Days Method into the National Family Planning Program The Philippines: Offering the Standard Days Method in a Fee-for-Service Setting Rwanda: Introducing the Standard Days Method into Public, Private and Church Based Service The Role of the Standard Days Method in Repositioning Family Planning: Senegal Norms and Guidelines Contraceptive Tech Chapter (Excerpts) (Full Chapter) World Health Organization – Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, Third edition - 2004 World Health Organization – Decision-making tool for family planning clients and providers