Introduction of the Standard Days Method in CARE-India’s Community-Based Reproductive Health Programs

The feasibility and effects of incorporating the Standard Days Method® (SDM), a simple fertility awareness family planning method, as an additional choice into the basket of contraceptives offered in rural villages in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh was tested by CARE India in collaboration with the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University. CARE tested involving men in the use of this method, as a means of overcoming male resistance to participating in family planning use.