[afro-nets] Spanish and French translations: Addressing Social Dynamics of Sexual and Reproductive Health

["Peggy Tipton" <mtipton@care.org>]

Spanish and French translations: Addressing Social Dynamics of Sexual and Reproductive Health
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CARE is pleased to announce the Spanish and French translations of their working paper Addressing the Social Dynamics of Sexual and Reproductive Health: CARE's Exploration with Social Analysis and Community Action.  The paper can be downloaded from CARE's website at: http://www.care.org/careswork/whatwedo/health/srh/publications.asp.  Limited print copies are available by request from Luis Ortiz-Echevarria mailto:lortiz@care.org.  English copies are also available and an Arabic translation is forthcoming.

In seeking to identify and address the underlying causes of poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH), the CARE USA SRH team and staff in several countries where SRH programs operate have experimented with using social analysis and a related approach of social analysis and action to identify, analyze and address the barriers to and promoters of good SRH. In this paper, we review our experience to date with social analysis and related community action and describe:

*	what social analysis is,
*	the evolution of the concept within the SRH team,
*	how social analysis and action approaches can be used and implemented in SRH programming,
*	related issues and challenges, and
*	possible next steps in the development of analysis and action approaches.

This paper makes a case for the role of social analysis and action in developing programming to address the social causes of poor SRH. It suggests that social analysis could be a vital tool in achieving sustained improvements in SRH for CARE's partner communities. This paper reflects CARE's initial explorations of social analysis and thus is not intended as a field guide. We do, however, hope it contributes to further development of approaches to promote the sexual and reproductive health of CARE's clients around the world.

Peggy Tipton MPH
CARE
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Atlanta, GA 30303
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