FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Bolivia

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

2008
"Bolivia: A gender focus in service delivery improves quality of care," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 68. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2007
"Bolivia: Marketing and economic analyses help NGOs develop strategies for sustainability," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 61. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

de la Quintana, Erica Palenque, Ma. Patricia Riveros Hamel, and Ricardo Vernon. "Consolidating a gender perspective in the PROCOSI network," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 702 KB)

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)

2006
Foreit, James R. “Systematic screening: A strategy for determining and meeting clients’ reproductive health needs,” FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 6. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 348 KB

Merida, Martha, Javier Arce, Douglas Moscoso, Carlo Ramirez, Patricia Riveros, and John Bratt. "Operations research to improve financial sustainability in three Bolivian NGOs," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 177 KB)

Vernon, Ricardo, James R. Foreit, and Emma Ottolenghi. Introducing Systematic Screening to Reduce Unmet Health Needs: A Manager’s Manual, FRONTIERS manual. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

2005
Foreit, James R., Ricardo Vernon, and Patricia Riveros Hamel. "Use of systematic screening to increase the provision of reproductive health services in Bolivia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 94 KB)

Gonzáles, Fernando and Máriel Loayza. “Operations research to improve postabortion care (PAC) services in three public hospitals, Bolivia,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 270 KB)

Gonzáles, Fernando S., Maria Antonieta Martín, Rosario Pérez Mendoza, and Ricardo Vernon. "Cross-cultural adaptation of reproductive health services in Bolivia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 205 KB)

Gonzáles, Fernando S. and Ricardo Vernon. “Technical assistance and training for PROCOSI operations research program, Bolivia,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 647 KB)

2004
Mantilla, María Dolores Castro, and Máriel Loayza Antezana. "Evaluation of community education interventions in sexual and reproductive health services in urban-marginal areas of La Paz, Bolivia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 737 KB)

Palenque, Erica, Lizzy Montaño, Ricardo Vernon, Fernando Gonzáles, Patricia Riveros, and John H. Bratt. "Effects and cost of implementing a gender-sensitive reproductive health program," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.5 MB)

2003
Billings, Deborah L., Eliana del Pozo, and Hugo Arévalo. "Testing a model for the delivery of emergency obstetric care and family planning services in the Bolivian public health system," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.1 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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