Clinic assessment of Youth Friendly Services. A tool for assessing and improving reproductive health services for youth.

Abstract

This tool is designed to help assessment teams project managers trainers supervisors and others collect detailed information on the range and quality of services provided to adolescents at a given facility or within a given program in order to make services more youth-friendly. The assessment process facilitates the development of action plans for quality improvement that can help clinics address policy operations training and other program areas needing adjustments and change. The tool also provides essential baseline information allowing for repeated applications to examine changes and the impact of program interventions. Although the tool is primarily for use by a team it may also be used by an individual. Determining minimum requirements for youth-friendly services is a difficult task. Given the great differences in contexts and availability of resources there is no simple means for quantifying quality of care and services. This assessment tool can help determine what each facility or program needs in order to improve the quality of adolescent reproductive health services and design appropriate alterations or interventions. (excerpt)