not only inform community members about these goods and services but encourage them to avail these, especially those in the far-flung areas. Among the methods suggested in Region 9 are IEC, home visitations, mothers’ classes, meetings with married couple of reproductive age and dialogue with target clients. (Emphasized in most regions especially in Regions 9, 10, and 12).  Training. More training should be conducted for health providers to enable them to explain very well the family planning options. The proper approach on these RH services is to lay out the choices and let the person choose, the health center employee should not impose or dictate to the patient what to use. Information about family planning should be disseminated properly to all concerned. (Region 3)  Instructions on how to use RH should also be explained clearly in layman’s language to ensure that the users understand. More importantly, these should be given by the health providers with a smile and respect for human dignity. (Region 4)  Addressing attitude of health services providers. (NCR, CAR, Regions 3, 5, 9, 10, and 11).  Increasing the number and pay for health human resource. In CAR and Region 3, participants surmised that the reason some of the health workers are not very accommodating might be because they are too overworked and stressed, hence increasing manpower may be able to remedy the situation. In Regions 2, 11, and 12, participants lamented the limited manpower to provide health services for the communities. Further, more counsellors should be hired, as the limited number of RH/family planning counselors was noted to affect the quality of counseling services due to bulk of patients.  Ensuring accessibility of reproductive health services. This requires making health services accessible to PWDs by providing interpreters and necessary facilities. This includes addressing the needs of Indigenous women and those who are living in geographically isolated and inaccessible areas.  Engaging with Cultural Practices and Beliefs. There is a need to reconcile cultural practices to the reproductive health laws (Region 12). 96

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