Overview
Population Council activities in Nicaragua have focused on researching contraceptive options and other reproductive health care services, particularly in Ministry of Health programs. Currently the Council has no research and programs in Nicaragua.
Highlights of past work
- Assessed the use of family planning in postpartum, postabortion, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Nicaragua.
- Documented conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) to identify possible opportunities to improve links between CCTs and reproductive health programs and to assess potential roles for operations research within these programs.
- Identified provider training needs, as well as methods for follow-up, supervision, and evaluation, as part of an effort to introduce injectables as a family planning method for women.
- Conducted training and dissemination workshops on emergency contraception for health care providers in both the private and public sectors.
Projects
Assessing the Need and Opportunities for Improved Linkages Between Conditional Cash Transfers and Reproductive Health Programs in the Latin America and Caribbean Region (more)
The Council’s FRONTIERS program documented conditional cash transfer programs in six countries to determine how they could be better linked to reproductive health programs.
(6/2007 - 2/2008)
Health care financing
Situation Analysis of the Use of Contraception in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) Programs (more)
Council researchers assessed the use of family planning in postpartum, postabortion, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Nicaragua.
(11/2005 - 4/2007)
Access to contraceptive methods; Integrating health services; PMTCT and pediatric HIV; Postpartum maternal care; Safe abortion and postabortion care
Stigma Reduction and Community Mobilization for HIV Prevention via Multimedia Programs (more)
Council researchers with the Horizons program tested the impact of a communication for social change strategy to promote HIV stigma reduction, gender equity, and HIV prevention among young people in Nicaragua.
(5/2003 - 12/2006)
Behavior change; HIV prevention; Stigma and discrimination
Resources
Looking back, moving forward: Promoting gender equity to fight HIV, Horizons studies 1999 to 2007 (PDF)Pulerwitz,Julie; Michaelis,Annie P.; Weiss,Ellen
Horizons Synthesis Background Papers
Publication date: 2010
Looking back, moving forward: Reducing HIV-related stigma, Horizons studies 2000 to 2007 (PDF)
Pulerwitz,Julie; Michaelis,Annie P.; Weiss,Ellen; Brown,Lisanne; Mahendra,Vaishali Sharma
Horizons Synthesis Background Papers
Publication date: 2010
Adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people (HTML)
Series of 51 data guides by country
Publication date: 2009
Adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people--Nicaragua 2001 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2009
Propiciando cambio personal y social alrededor del género, sexualidad y VIH: Evaluación de impacto de la estrategia de comunicación de Puntos de Encuentro en Nicaragua [
Catalyzing personal and social change around gender, sexuality, and HIV: Impact evaluation of Puntos de Encuentro´s communication strategy in Nicaragua] (PDF)
Solorzano,Irela; Bank,Amy; Pena,Rodolfo; Espinoza,Henry; Ellsberg,Mary; Pulerwitz,Julie
Horizons Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Catalyzing personal and social change around gender, sexuality, and HIV: Impact evaluation of Puntos de Encuentro´s communication strategy in Nicaragua (PDF)
Solorzano,Irela; Bank,Amy; Pena,Rodolfo; Espinoza,Henry; Ellsberg,Mary; Pulerwitz,Julie
Horizons Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua: Promoting family planning during the postpartum period can increase contraceptive acceptance (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 74)
Publication date: 2008
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua: Women living with HIV have unmet family planning needs (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 75)
Publication date: 2008
Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in Nicaragua (PDF)
Solis,Freddy; del Carmen Rojas,Ana; Gadea,Adilia; Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela; Vernon,Ricardo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Using edutainment and social activities to challenge machismo in Nicaragua. The example of Somos Diferentes, Somos Iguales (abstract) (HTML)
Espinoza,Henry; van Beelen,Nel
Sexual Health Exchange 2: 9-10
Publication date: 2005
Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds (HTML)
Annexes by country to Facts about Adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical Tables for Program Planning
Publication date: 2003
Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds: Nicaragua (PDF) (HTML)
Annex to "Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical tables for program planning"
Publication date: 2003
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey--Statistical tables for program planning: Nicaragua 1998 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2002
The relationship between family structure and exclusive breastfeeding prevalence in Nicaragua (abstract) (PDF)
Espinoza,Henry
Salud Pública de México 44(6): 499-507
Publication date: 2002
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical tables for program planning (HTML)
Series of DHS data tables by country
Publication date: 2001
Les coopératives des vendeuses de marché: Accorder crédit aux femmes
Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 3)
Publication date: 1984
Cooperativas de vendedoras de los mercados: Dan préstamos a las mujeres
Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 3)
Publication date: 1982
Market women's cooperatives: Giving women credit
Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 3)
Publication date: 1982
Nicaragua Fast Facts
| Population (millions) | 6.0 |
|---|---|
| Total fertility rate | 2.6 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 20 |
| Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births | 100 |
| Girls aged 20-24 married by age 18 (%) | 41 |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence (%) | 0.2 |
| Living below US $2 per day (%) | 32 |
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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