Impact of Social Marketing on Contraceptive Prevalence and Cost in Honduras

In 1984, the Honduran Family Planning Association launched a contraceptive social marketing program by introducing the oral contraceptive, Perla. This report examines the impact of the program on overall oral contraceptive use, use by particular subgroups, source of supply, and costs. Although use o...

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Published in:Studies in family planning 1992-03, Vol.23 (2), p.110-117
Main Authors: Janowitz, Barbara, Suazo, Margarita, Fried, Daniel B., Bratt, John H., Bailey, Patricia E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Advertising
Birth Control
Commercials
Composite indices
Contraception
Contraception - economics
Contraceptives
Contraceptives, Oral - therapeutic use
Cost allocation
Cost estimates
Costs
Developing Countries
Drug Utilization - trends
Family planning
Family planning services
Family Planning Services - economics
Family Planning Services - trends
Female
Finance
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Honduras
Humans
Marketing
Marketing of Health Services - economics
Marketing of Health Services - trends
Oral contraceptives
Population
Public Relations
Rural areas
Rural Population
Social research
Urban areas
Urban Population
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Summary:In 1984, the Honduran Family Planning Association launched a contraceptive social marketing program by introducing the oral contraceptive, Perla. This report examines the impact of the program on overall oral contraceptive use, use by particular subgroups, source of supply, and costs. Although use of oral contraceptives increased only slightly over the period 1984-87 (from 12.7 percent to 13.4 percent among women in union aged 15-44), the social marketing program significantly increased its share of the oral contraceptive market (from 7 percent in 1984 to 15 percent in 1987, and from 20 percent to 40 percent of sales at pharmacies). For the Honduran Family Planning Association to have realized cost savings as a result of clients switching from community-based distribution programs and commercial supply sources to contraceptive social marketing programs, the association would have had to reallocate its resources. Instead, the number of distributors in the community-based distribution program increased, while the amount of couple-years of protection from oral contraceptives decreased.
ISSN:0039-3665
1728-4465
DOI:10.2307/1966540