FRONTIERS PROJECT
Effects and Cost of Implementing a “Gender-Sensitive” Reproductive Health Program

Researchers from FRONTIERS and the Coordination Program in Integral Health (PROCOSI), a network of 24 nongovernmental organizations in the health and community development sector in Bolivia, documented the effects and cost of measures to incorporate a gender perspective into reproductive health service delivery – to integrate the concepts of quality, gender equity and sexual and reproductive rights at the management and service levels. The intervention led to modest improvements in provider practices, increased client satisfaction, and improvements in interspousal communication.

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Location

Bolivia

Duration

March 2001–March 2004

Population Council researchers

Ricardo Vernon, Fernando Gonzáles

Non-Council collaborator

PROCOSI

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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

2007
Hamel, Patricia Riveros, Erica Palenque, Ricardo Vernon y Ignacio Carreño. "Guías de referencia para instituciones y establecimientos de salud que buscan acreditar la calidad y enfoque de género de sus servicios," Manual de FRONTERAS. La Paz, Bolivia: Population Council. (PDF, 2.04 MB) (Anexos: PDF, 808 KB)

2004
Palenque, Erica, Lizzy Montaño, Ricardo Vernon, Fernando Gonzales, Patricia Riveros, and John Bratt. "Effects and cost of implementing a gender-sensitive reproductive health program," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 270 KB)
 

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Related Projects

• Consolidating a Gender Perspective in the PROCOSI Network

See Also

• Bolivia
• General Quality of Care
• FRONTIERS Bolivia
• FRONTIERS Quality of Care Improvement
• FRONTIERS Family Dynamics

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