ERIC Number: EJ1155055
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1947-8607
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Training of Family Planning Counselors in Jordan: Developing Human Resources through Adult Education
Jabbar, Sinaria Kamil Abdel
International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, v3 n4 Article 4 p35-53 2012
This paper briefly describes the development and status of family planning (FP) services, including counseling, in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It also reports extensively on a FP counseling training course organized by the Jordanian Association for Family Planning and Protection (JAFPP) which is a local NGO. A field survey approach, with qualitative and quantitative dimensions, was adopted. Questionnaires were used to solicit information about the trainees' backgrounds, the course material, the methods and techniques of presentation employed by the trainers, and the benefits derived from the course. The findings provide statistical results which shed more light on FP in Jordan, and lay the foundation for specific measures for improvement which the author recommends at the end of the paper.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Planning, Counselor Training, Human Resources, Adult Education, Nongovernmental Organizations, Mixed Methods Research, Questionnaires, Counselor Attitudes, Prior Learning, Trainees, Course Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Statistical Analysis, Counselor Characteristics, Andragogy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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