FRONTIERS
Balanced Counseling Strategy (BCS) and BCS+

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2008
"Kenya: Integrating services for FP and HIV improves quality and HIV testing," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 78. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Liambila, Wilson, Charlotte Warren, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Rick Homan, Ibrahim Mohammed, Robert Ayisi, Margaret Gitau, Josephine Kibaru, Mary Gathitu, Judith Maua, Helton Jilo, Juma Mwangi, John Njoroge, Anthony K. Wanyoro, Peter Mohammed Njuguna, and Andrew Mboche. 2008. "Feasibility, acceptability, effect, and cost of integrating counseling and testing for HIV within family planning services in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Mullick, Saiqa, Mantshi Menziwa, Doctor Khoza, and Edwin Maroga. 2008. "Feasibility, acceptability, effect, and cost of integrating counseling and testing for HIV within family planning services in Northwest Province, South Africa," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

"South Africa: Integrating services for FP and HIV improves quality and HIV testing," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 79. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2004
Guatemalan Association of Female Physicians (AGMM). "Scaling up a successful counseling model in Guatemala," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 4.0 MB)

"Peru: Targeted counseling enhances client knowledge and contraceptive use," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 38. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2003
León, Federico R., Carlos Brambila, Marisela de la Cruz, John H. Bratt, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Verónica Dávila, Carlo Bonatto, and Alex Ríos. "Effects of IGSS' job aids-assisted balanced counseling algorithms on quality of care and client outcomes," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 900 KB)

León, Federico R., Alex Ríos, Adriana Zumarán, Marisela de la Cruz, Carlos Brambila, and John H. Bratt. "Enhancing quality for clients: The balanced counseling strategy," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 3. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

León, Federico R., Santiago Roca, Alex Ríos, Adriana Zumarán, and Ana Rosa Feijoo. "One-year client impacts of quality of care improvements achieved in Peru," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington: Population Council. (PDF, 930 KB)

2000
"Peru: Managers must monitor quality of care regularly," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 6. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 314 KB)

"Peru: Tell clients how to use their chosen method," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 9. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 282 KB)

1999
León, Federico R. "Providers' compliance with quality of care norms," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington: Population Council. (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Copies of conference reports, summaries, program briefs, and research updates are available free of charge. Contact frontiers@popcouncil.org. FRONTIERS publications are also available on the USAID/DEC Web site, www.dec.org.

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