FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Africa
on Contraception

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

2006
RamaRao, Saumya, John Townsend, and Ian Askew. "Correlates of inter-birth intervals: Implications of optimal birth spacing strategies in Mozambique,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 134 KB)

"South Africa: Antenatal couples counseling is feasible but challenging," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 58. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2005
Chege, Jane. "Interventions linking gender relations and violence with reproductive health and HIV: rationale, effectiveness and gaps," Agenda: Special Focus on Gender, Culture and Rights (special issue): 114–123. (PDF, 137 KB)

Mullick, Saiqa, Busi Kunene, and Monica Wanjiru. "Involving men in maternity care: health service delivery issues,” Agenda: Special Focus on Gender, Culture and Rights (special issue): 124–135. (PDF, 141 KB)

Osei, Ivy, John Gyapong, Monica Wanjiru, and Ian Askew. “An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana: National results dissemination and utilization,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 277 KB)

2004
Askew, Ian, Jane Chege, Carolyne Njue, and Samson Radeny. “A multi-sectoral approach to providing reproductive health information and services to young people in Western Kenya: The Kenya adolescent reproductive health project,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Diop, Nafissatou J., Heli Bathidja, Isseu Diop Touré, Thierno Dieng, Babacar Mané, Saumya RamaRao, Susan Adamchak, Emelita Wong, Colonel Adama Ndoyce, Aboubacry Sy, and Babacar Fall. "Improving the reproductive health of adolescents in Senegal," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 458 KB)

Kunene, Busi, Mags Beksinska, Simphiwe Zondi, Nobuhle Mthembu, Saiqa Mullick, Emma Ottolenghi, Immo Kleinschmidt, Susan Adamchak, Barbara Janowitz, and Carmen Cuthbertson. “Involving men in maternity care: South Africa,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.35 MB)

"Senegal: Expand access to safe postabortion care services in rural areas," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 43. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2003
"Cameroon: Peer education and youth-friendly media reduce risky sexual behavior," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 37. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

EngenderHealth. “Taking postabortion care services where they are needed: An operations research project testing PAC expansion in rural Senegal,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington DC: Population Council. (PDF, 694 KB )

"Ghana and Guatemala: Clients and providers need better support and guidance on IUDs," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 32. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 251 KB)

Gyapong, John, Gifty Addico, Ivy Osei, Mercy Abbey, and Dominic Atweam Kobinah, Henrietta Odoi Agyarko, Gloria Quansah Asare, Harriet Birungi, and Ian Askew.  "An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 781 KB)

Institut de Recherche et des Etudes des Comportements (IRESCO). “Peer education as a strategy to increase contraceptive prevalence and reduce the rate of STIs/HIV among adolescents in Cameroon,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1 MB)

"Kenya: Communities support adolescent reproductive health education, " FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 33. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Senegal: Involve community networks in adolescent reproductive health," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 35. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2001
"Kenya update: FRONTIERS adolescent reproductive health project," FRONTIERS Project Update no. 1. Nairobi: Population Council.  (PDF, 113 KB)

"Senegal: FRONTIERS adolescent reproductive health project update: Et si on en parlait [And if one speaks about it]," FRONTIERS Project Update no. 1. Dakar: Population Council. (full text)

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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