FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Asia and the Near East
on Research Tools

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

2007
Khan, M.E., Jim Foreit, Sohini Roychowdhury, F. Ram, and Chander Shekhar. "Developing regional operations research training capacity in South Asia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 619 KB)

2006
Janowitz, Barbara. "Make better use of provider time in public health clinics," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 7. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2 MB)

2005
Bratt, John H., Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Magdi A. Ibrahim, and Mohammed Edrees. “Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.  (PDF, 370 KB)

2005
"India: Broad representation supports credibility of village committees," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 52. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2004
Foreit, Karen G. Fleischman and James R. Foreit. "Willingness to pay surveys for setting prices for reproductive Health products and services: A user’s manual," (revised edition). FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB) (PDF en français) (PDF en español)

Foundation for Research in Health Systems (FRHS). "Community involvement in reproductive health: Findings from research in Karnataka, India," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 654 KB)

2003
"Expanding capacity for operations research in reproductive health: Summary report of a consultative meeting," report of a meeting co-sponsored by Population Council/FRONTIERS and WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, 10–12 December 2001. Geneva: WHO. (PDF, 2.7 MB)

Marin, M. Celeste and Jane T. Bertrand. "Evaluating operations research utilization: Guidelines for assessing process and impact," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 721 KB)

"Philippines: Mobilize policy champion teams to foster utilization of management tools," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 31. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 171 KB)

2002
Fisher, Andrew A. and James  R. Foreit. Designing HIV/AIDS Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook. New York: Population Council. (full text)

2001
Foreit, James R. et Tomas Frejka, eds. 1999. La recherche opérationnelle en planification familiale: Un recueil d'articles. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 25.98 MB, 447 pp.)

Masulit, Saniata, Marilou Costello, and Sahar Hegazi. "Influencing reproductive health policy and programs in the Philippines: Implementing an advocacy model for utilization of operations research," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 670 KB)

2000
"Indonesia: Coordinated studies are needed to assess trends,"  FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 8. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 293 KB)

1999
Gardner, Michelle and Lila Amaliah. "Analysis of conflicting crisis-related research results," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 154 KB)

1998
Fisher, Andrew A., John E. Laing, John E. Stoeckel, and John W. Townsend. Handbook for Family Planning Operations Research Design. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 5.79 MB, 84 pp.)

Foreit, James R. and Tomas Frejka (eds.) Family Planning Operations Research: A Book of Readings. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 22.13 MB, 389 pp.)

1994
Janowitz, Barbara and John H. Bratt. "Methods for costing family planning services," New York and Research Triangle Park, NC: United Nations Population Fund and Family Health International. (PDF, 566 KB)

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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