FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean on Technical Assistance/Institution Building

Regional

• Training Latin American Ministry of Health Service Providers on Emergency Contraception (completed)

Bolivia

• Improving Financial Sustainability in Three Health Services Organizations (completed)
• Technical Assistance to Pathfinder in Postabortion Care Operations Research (completed)
• Technical Assistance and Training for Center for Research, Education, and Services Operations Research Program (completed)
• Effects and Cost of Implementing a “Gender-Sensitive” Reproductive Health Program (completed)
• Technical Assistance and Training for PROCOSI's Operations Research Program (completed)
• Assessing the Impact of a Community-based Intervention on Service Utilization in Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Bolivia (completed)

Costa Rica

• Adding Operations Research to the Curriculum of the Graduate Program in Statistics and Public Health at the University of Costa Rica (completed)

Ecuador

• Impact of Varying Frequency and Magnitude of Price Increases for Clinical Reproductive Health Services (completed)
• Extending Operations Research to Social Marketing Programs (completed)

El Salvador

• Operations Research (OR) Training and Technical Assistance in El Salvador (completed)

Guatemala

• Scaling Up a Successful Counseling Model (completed)
• Informing the Medical Community in Guatemala about Emergency Contraception (completed)
• Willingness-to-pay Study in Guatemalan Association for the Well-being of the Family (APROFAM) (completed)
• Setting Prices for Reproductive Health Services in a Public Hospital in Guatemala (completed)

Honduras

• Disseminating Information on the IUD in Rural Honduras (completed)
• Coordination and Technical Assistance to the Reproductive Health Working Group (RHWG) (completed)
• Technical Assistance to Private-sector Agencies Working in Reproductive Health (completed)

Mexico

• Dissemination of Knowledge of Emergency Contraception (EC) Among Service and Factory Workers (completed)

• Dissemination of Laws and Regulations Related to the Right to Choose a Contraceptive Method in a Free and Informed Way (completed)

• Expanding Use of a Program to Train Health Care Professionals on Addressing Domestic Violence (completed)

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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See Also

• Population Council Strengthening Local Resources
• FRONTIERS Strengthening Local Resources: Research Tools

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For more information contact:
Frontiers in Reproductive Health (FRONTIERS)
Population Council
4301 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 280
Washington, DC 20008 USA
Telephone: +1 202 237 9400
Facsimile: +1 202 237 8410
E-mail: frontiers@popcouncil.org

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