• To increase participation by citizens in the area of women’s reproductive healthcare, including participation in a community health advisory board.
• To identify three women’s health priorities and appropriate intervention strategies through a series of focus groups by July 2003.
• To increase awareness of and knowledge about women’s reproductive health among targeted, high-risk groups through the development of informational materials and outreach programs over the next 18 months.
• To establish one central women’s reproductive health resource/education center by September 2003 and up to 4 satellite resource/education information stations (“cupboards”) with appropriate educational and informational materials by January 2004.

Needs Assessment

• During the first exchange to Gyor, the partners met with a variety of groups and organizations active in the community, including the St. Cyril and Method Foundation (a temporary family housing/shelter), Kossuth Vocational School, the Gypsy (Roma) Minority Advocacy Association, county hospital, Public Health Institute and Primary Health Care Nurse Service, the Family Support and Child Welfare Service Agency, and the Independent Women’s Association of Gyor.
• A survey was distributed to 60 community members to determine the perceived health needs of women in Gyor. Upon analysis and ranking in a priority matrix, the following health needs were identified: family planning and contraceptive services, breast health, adolescent pregnancy prevention, healthy lifestyle promotion, women’s health survey/needs assessment, smoking cessation and mental health.

Advisory Committee

• A women’s health advisory committee was established in Gyor to provide guidance to the partnership. The committee held meetings in February and March 2003 to discuss the first exchange to Pittsburgh, the draft workplan, the proposed focus group exercise, suggested target groups and facilitators, and potential sites for the women’s health education/resource centers.

Focus Groups

• Focus group facilitators and potential groups have been identified by the Gyor partnership coordinator with input from the women’s health advisory committee.  A sociologist and psychologist from the National Drug Prevention Institute in Budapest will conduct the facilitators’ training.