Population Council - Frontiers in Reproductive Health | Publications/Resources

FRONTIERS
Operations Research/Technical Assistance Publications

Asia and the Near East Operations Research and Technical Assistance (OR/TA) Project (1990–98)
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

A selected set of publications is presented below. A complete set of publications is available on the CD-ROM FRONTIERS Electronic Library 1990–99. This CD-ROM is an electronic archive of materials produced by the three regional OR/TA projects, including final reports, workshop reports, OR summaries, policy briefs, surveys, other special reports, and photographs. Copies of the CD-ROM are available free of charge from frontiers@popcouncil.org.

1998
Abdel-Tawab, Nahla. "Seminar on male involvement in reproductive health in Egypt: summary of research findings and future directions," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Alexandria: Population Council. (PDF, 110 KB)

"Bangladesh: Getting men involved in family planning: Experiences from an innovative program," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 197 KB)

Townsend, John W., Ann P. McCauley, and Kokila Agarwal. "Workshop on youth across Asia," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 620 KB)

Varkey, Leila Caleb, John W. Townsend, Sneh Vishwanath, and Sudha Tiwari. "Analysis of price change on the perceptions and use of DMPA among clients using reproductive health services in Uttar Pradesh, India," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 521 KB)

1997
Hegazi, Sahar. "Utilization of operations research in Egypt," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. Cairo: Population Council. (PDF, 171 KB)

Iskandar, Meiwita B., Catherine Vickers, Subadra Indrawati, and Siti Nurul Qomariyah. "Improved reproductive health and STD services for women presenting to family planning services in North Jakarta: Research report," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Jakarta: Population Council. (PDF, 713 KB)

Khan, M.E., and Bella C. Patel. "Male involvement in family planning: A KABP study of Agra District, Uttar Pradesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 808 KB)

Khan, M.E., Saumya RamaRao, R.B. Gupta, Bella Patel, Leila Caleb Varkey, Jayanti Tuladhar, Sanjeev Kumar, and John W. Townsend. "Integrating RTI services in primary health care system: Observations from operations research in Uttar Pradesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 98 KB)

Khan, M.E., John W. Townsend, Ranjana Sinha, and Seema Lakhanpal. "Sexual violence within marriage: A case study of rural Uttar Pradesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 73 KB)

Nawar, Laila, Dale Huntington, Ezzeldin Osman Hassan, Hala Yousef, and Nahla Abdel-Tawab. "Scaling-up improved postabortion care in Egypt: Introduction to University and Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Cairo: Population Council. (PDF, 677 KB)

Palabrica-Costello, Marilou, Carmeli Marie Chaves, Chona Echavez, Cecilia Conaco, and Mariano Santiago. "Beliefs and practices about reproductive tract infections: Findings from a series of Philippine FGDs," Asia and the Near East OR/TA RTI Integration Project Report no. 1. Manila: Population Council. (PDF, 69 KB)

Tiwari, Sudha, Saumya RamaRao, Sneh Vishwanath, John W. Townsend, Harbans Singh, and Leila Caleb Varkey. "DMPA provision in PSS clinics in Uttar Pradesh: Costs and prices," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Technical Paper no. 10. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 105 KB)

1996
Donahoe, Debbie. "Men and family planning in Bangladesh: A review of the literature," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 71 KB)

Foo, Gillian H-C. "A synthesis of research findings on quality of services in the Indian Family Welfare Programme," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 134 KB)

Gray, Alan. "Regret after sterilization: Can it be averted?" Asia and the Near East OR/TA Policy Dialogue no. 4. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 46 KB)

"Integration of RTI care into existing family planning services," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Policy Dialogue no. 3. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 194 KB)

Khan, M.E., Saumya RamaRao, R.B. Gupta, Sulbha Swaroop, Leila Caleb Varkey, Anoop K. Saxena, and Anil Mishra. "Rapid appraisal of IPP-VI training of ANMs in Uttar Pradesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 286 KB)

Piet-Pelon, Nancy J. and Ubaidur Rob. "Male involvement: A challenge for the National Family Planning Program," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Policy Dialogue no. 2. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 195 KB)

RamaRao, Saumya, John W. Townsend, and M.E. Khan. "A model of costs of RTI case management services in Uttar Pradesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Technical Paper. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 147 KB)

1995
Dunston, Amy Gale and Peter C. Miller. "Improving community based family planning services and the potential for increasing contraceptive prevalence in Bangladesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 119 KB)

Herrin, Alejandro N. "Operations research for program planning and management," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 213 KB)

Hoesni, R. Hasan M., Anthony Tan, Jayanti Tuladhar, Jusuf S. Effendi, Bantuk Hadijanto, and Pudjo Hartono. "Follow-up study among IUD acceptors of Java," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Jakarta: Population Council. (PDF, 281 KB)

"IUD study results lead to new performance evaluation system in Pakistan," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Operations Research Summary. Islamabad: Population Council. (PDF, 779 KB, pp. 46–47)

"IUD use dynamics in Egypt," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Operations Research Summary. Cairo: Population Council. (PDF, 560 KB)

Jejeebhoy, Shireen J. "Addressing women's reproductive health needs: Priorities for the Family Welfare Programme," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 140 KB)

Khan, M.E., Bella C. Patel, and R.B. Gupta. "Quality of family planning services from provider's perspective: Observations from a qualitative study in Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 150 KB)

Patron, Maria Carmela and Marilou Palabrica-Costello. "Knowledge, attitudes and practice of the DMPA injectable contraceptive: Data from focus group discussions," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Manila: Population Council. (PDF, 109 KB)

RamaRao, Saumya, John W. Townsend, and M.E. Khan. "A model of costs of a CBD programme," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 231 KB)

Ravindran, T.K. Sundari. "A study of user perspectives on the diaphragm in an urban Indian setting," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 263 KB)

Rob, Ubaidur and Donna Nager. "Support for research dissemination, utilization and policy in Bangladesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 149 KB)

"Situation analysis of Pakistan's family welfare centers," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Operations Research Summary. Islamabad: Population Council. (PDF, 779 KB, pp. 48–49)

"Village-based workers increase women's access to family planning in Pakistan," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Operations Research Summary. Islamabad: Population Council. (PDF, 779 KB, pp. 50–51)