Overview
In China, previous Population Council activities have focused on reproductive tract infections (RTIs), improving the quality of care in reproductive health services, and population aging.
The Council currently supports 12 fellows from China, studying either the physiology of male reproduction or reproductive endocrinology, in New York City.
Highlights of past work
- Reviewed and evaluated RTI educational materials designed for community members in Yunnan province; evaluated RTI research proposals; and conducted an advanced RTI training workshop at Kunming Medical College for participants from across China.
- Provided technical assistance to Kunming Medical College on a strategic assessment of the quality of reproductive health services in Yunnan province.
- Collaborated with the State Family Planning Commission to phase in an alternative approach to its family planning program so that it would provide services better suited to its clients' needs.
- Examined health outcomes and determinants and their links to socioeconomic status and living arrangements.
- Assessed the availability and use of a minimum package of HIV/AIDS prevention services for most-at-risk populations and examined how data were collected on the numbers of clients served in order to improve coverage estimates.
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Resources
Postpartum unintended pregnancy and contraception practice among rural-to-urban migrant women in Shanghai (abstract)Huang,Yong-mei; Merkatz,Ruth B.; Kang,Jian-Zhong; Roberts,Kevin; Hu,Xiao-Yu; Di Donato,Francis; Sitruk-Ware,Regine; Cheng,Li-nan
Contraception 86(6): 731-738
Publication date: 2012
Policy lessons of the East Asian demographic transition (PDF)
McNicoll,Geoffrey
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 210)
Publication date: 2006
Policy lessons of the East Asian demographic transition (abstract) (PDF)
McNicoll,Geoffrey
Population and Development Review 32(1): 1-25
Publication date: 2006
Urban versus rural mortality among older adults in China (PDF)
Zimmer,Zachary; Kaneda,Toshiko; Spess,Laura
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 214)
Publication date: 2006
Health and living arrangement transitions among China's oldest-old (abstract)
Zimmer,Zachary
Research on Aging 27(5): 526-555
Publication date: 2005
Reciprocal effects of health and economic well-being among older adults in Taiwan and Beijing (PDF)
Baker,Kristine R.; Ofstedal,Mary Beth; Zimmer,Zachary; Tang,Zhe; Chuang,Yi-Li
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 197)
Publication date: 2005
Socioeconomic status differentials in life and active life expectancy among older adults in Beijing (abstract)
Kaneda,Toshiko; Zimmer,Zachary; Tang,Zhe
Disability and Rehabilitation 27(5): 241-251
Publication date: 2005
Differentials in life expectancy and active life expectancy by socioeconomic status among older adults in Beijing (PDF)
Kaneda,Toshiko; Zimmer,Zachary; Tang,Zhe
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 189)
Publication date: 2004
Socioeconomic status and health among older adults in rural and urban China (abstract) (PDF)
Zimmer,Zachary; Kwong,Julia
Journal of Aging and Health 16(1): 44-70
Publication date: 2004
Trends and transitions in children's coresidence with older adults in Beijing municipality (PDF)
Zimmer,Zachary; Fang,Xianghua; Kaneda,Toshiko; Tang,Zhe; Kwong,Julia
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 187)
Publication date: 2004
Family size and support of older adults in urban and rural China: Current effects and future implications (abstract)
Zimmer,Zachary; Kwong,Julia
Demography 40(1): 23-44
Publication date: 2003
Medical abortion in China: Results of a fact-finding mission
Zhou,Rosa; Elul,Batya; Winikoff,Beverly
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 2002
New book documents transformations in reproductive health programs worldwide (PDF)
Population Briefs 8(2)
Publication date: 2002
Report on the International Symposium on Quality of Care in China, November 17-19, 1999, Beijing, China (PDF)
Publication date: 2000
Side effects of mifepristone-misoprostol abortion versus surgical abortion: Data from a trial in China, Cuba, and India (abstract)
Elul,Batya; Ellertson,Charlotte; Winikoff,Beverly
Contraception 59(2): 107-114
Publication date: 1999
Blood loss with mifepristone-misoprostol abortion: Measures from a trial in China, Cuba, and India (abstract)
Harper,Cynthia C.; Winikoff,Beverly; Ellertson,Charlotte; Coyaji,Kurus
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 63(1): 39-49
Publication date: 1998
Reproductive tract infection. Lessons learned from the field: Where do we go from here? (PDF)
Grant,Jennifer; Measham,Diana
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1996
China's family planning program: How, and how well, did it work?
Li,Jiali
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 65)
Publication date: 1994
The social dynamics of child mortality in village Shaanxi
Greenhalgh,Susan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 66)
Publication date: 1994
Engendering reproductive practice in peasant China: The political roots of the rising sex ratios at birth
Greenhalgh,Susan; Li,Jiali
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 57)
Publication date: 1993
Restraining population growth in three Chinese villages: 1988-93
Greenhalgh,Susan; Zhu,Chuzhu; Li,Nan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 55)
Publication date: 1993
Son preference, government control, and the one-child policy in China: 1979-88
Li,Jiali; Cooney,Rosemary S.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 51)
Publication date: 1993
Negotiating birth control in village China
Greenhalgh,Susan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 38)
Publication date: 1992
The changing value of children in the transition from socialism: The view from three Chinese villages
Greenhalgh,Susan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 43)
Publication date: 1992
State-society links: Political dimensions of population policies and programs, with special reference to China
Greenhalgh,Susan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 18)
Publication date: 1990
The peasantization of population policy in Shaanxi: Cadre mediation of the state-society conflict
Greenhalgh,Susan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 21)
Publication date: 1990
Fertility trends in China: Approaching the 1990s
Greenhalgh,Susan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 8)
Publication date: 1989
The evolution of the one-child policy in Shaanxi Province, 1979-88
Greenhalgh,Susan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 5)
Publication date: 1989
China Fast Facts
| Population (millions) | 1350.4 |
|---|---|
| Total fertility rate | 1.5 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 17 |
| Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births | 38 |
| Girls aged 20-24 married by age 18 (%) | — |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence (%) | 0.1 |
| Living below US $2 per day (%) | 36 |
Country statistics from Demographic and Health Surveys, 1987–2011; UNAIDS and UNICEF websites (accessed 10/22/2012); "World Population Data Sheet" (Population Reference Bureau, 2012) | |
What's New
- 31 January 2013 | Bixby fellowship application deadline: The Council’s Fred H. Bixby Fellowship Program expands training opportunities for social scientists and biomedical researchers in the health and population fields. The program is geared toward developing-country nationals in the early stages of their careers. (more)
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