FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
on Research Tools

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

2007
Billings, Deborah L. and Ricardo Vernon (eds.). Avances en la atención postaborto en América Latina y el Caribe: Investigando, aplicando y expandiendo [Progress of postabortion care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Researching, applying, and expanding]. México, D.F.: Population Council and Ipas. (PDF, 903 KB) (more)

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)

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) 
(French), (Spanish)

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)

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

2001
Bratt, John H., Adrian Valdez, Roberto Molina, Mario Alfaro, Marco Antonio Barrientos, Carlos Brambila, and Werner Figueroa. "Setting prices for reproductive health services in a public hospital in Guatemala," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.  (PDF, 450 KB)

De Vargas, Teresa. "Extending operations research to social marketing programs," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.5 MB)

"Ecuador: Use commercial marketing to increase sustainability," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 19. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 277 KB)

1999
Foreit, James R. and Tomas Frejka (eds.). Investigación operativa en planificación familiar: Lecturas selectas. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

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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