FRONTIERS PROJECT
Impact of Improved Client–Provider Interaction on Women’s Achievement of Fertility Goals

FRONTIERS, the Social Planning, Analysis and Administration Consultants (SPAAC), and the Cairo Demographic Center (CDC) collaborated on this study to examine the effect of improved client–provider interaction on contraceptive use and continuation. The intervention group reported higher satisfaction than women in the control clinics (15–20 percentage points greater). However, no differences were observed between the groups in continuation rates for all methods 12 months after the study was completed. When discontinuation occurred, it was generally due to changing reproductive intentions—often from family pressure to bear another child.

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Location

Egypt

Duration

June 2000–May 2003

Population Council researcher

Laila Nawar

Non-Council collaborators

Cairo Demographic Center (CDC)

Social Planning, Analysis and Administration Consultants (SPAAC)

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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

2007
Janowitz, Barbara, John Bratt, Rick Homan, and Jim Foreit. "How much will it cost to scale up a reproductive health pilot project?" FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 8. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.4 MB)

2004
Nawar, Laila, Ibrahim Kharboush, Magdi A. Ibrahim, Hesham Makhlouf, and Susan Adamchak. "Impact of improved client–provider interaction on women's achievement of fertility goals in Egypt," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB)

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See Also

• Egypt
• General Quality of Care
• Fertility and Reproductive Behavior 
• Reproductive Health
• FRONTIERS Egypt
• FRONTIERS Quality of Care Improvement

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