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

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

2008
Vernon, Ricardo and Estela Rivero-Fuentos. “Assessing the need and opportunities for improved linkages between conditional cash transfers and reproductive health programs in Latin America and the Caribbean,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 325 KB) (appendixes, 2.4 MB)

2007
Flores, Ivo Flores, Élida Rosa Aguilar Fonseca, Rosa Merlen Flores, Ricardo Vernon, Jorge Solorzano, Suyapa Pavón, Marco Tulio Falck, and Alba Lidia Sánchez. "Increasing use of the IUD through community and clinic based education activities in rural Honduras," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 614 KB)

2006
Foreit, James R. "Building capacity to utilize operations research: Strategies and lessons learned," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 5. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 372 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)

2005
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
Guatemalan Association of Female Physicians (AGMM). "Scaling up a successful counseling model in Guatemala," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 4.0 MB)

Kestler, Edgar and Lilian Ramirez. “Informing the medical community in Guatemala about emergency contraception,” FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB)

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)

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
Pick, Susan and Lydia Miranda. “Mexico: Training health providers on domestic violence,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 686 KB)

Santos Elsa, Silvia Llaguno, and Ricardo Vernon. "Mexico: Protecting informed consent," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 89 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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