FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Asia and the Near East
on Contraception

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

2008
Khan, M.E., Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Vikas Kishor Desai, Pratibha Patel, B.P. Itare, and Sandhya Barge. "Increasing the accessibility, acceptability and use of the IUD in Gujarat, India,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 636 KB)

Khan, M.E., Gul Rashida Shaikh, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Ali Mohammad Mir, and Ubaidur Rob. "Introduction of emergency contraceptive pills in the public health system of Pakistan: A south-to-south collaboration,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 339 KB)

2007
Kumar, Shiv, Chander Shekhar, N.K. Gupta, Malabika Roy, M.E. Khan, Mary Philip Sebastian, Rukma Idnani, Ardash Bhargava, and Vinita Salvi. “Provision of emergency contraceptive services through paraprofessionals in India,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 914 KB)

2006
Casterline, John and Rania Roushdy. "Achieving replacement-level fertility in Egypt: Challenges and potential opportunities," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 188 KB)

2005
"Nepal: Support communication to enhance young mothers’ reproductive health," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 51. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2004
"Bangladesh: Broaden outreach to increase use of new services," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 39. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Bangladesh: High quality of care during outreach linked to contraceptive use," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 41. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Center for Research on Environment, Health, and Population Activities (CREHPA). “Determining an effective and replicable communication-based mechanisms for improving young couples’ access to and use of reproductive health information and services in Nepal: An operations research study,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.6 MB)

"Indonesia: Educate clients to communicate their needs to providers," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 40. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Mi Kim, Young, Fitri Putjuk, Endang Basuki, and Adrienne Kols. "Increasing client participation in family planning consultations: 'Smart patient' coaching in Indonesia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 155 KB)

2003
Bates, Lisa, Md Khairul Islam, Sidney Ruth Schuler, and Md Alauddin. "From the home to the clinic: The next chapter in Bangladesh’s family planning success story—Rural sites," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 620 KB)

“Introducing DMPA injectable contraceptives to private medical practitioners in urban Gujarat,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Koenig, Michael A. "The impact of quality of care on contraceptive use: Evidence from longitudinal data from rural Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 551 KB)

2001
"Egypt: Family planning providers should encourage clients to discuss sexual problems," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 7. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 301 KB)

El Zanaty, Fatma, Laila Nawar, and Ramadan Hamed.  "An assessment of selected sub-systems of the Egyptian Norplant® program," FRONTIERS Final Report. (PDF, 973 KB)

2000
Abdel-Tawab, Nahla, Laila Nawar, Hala Youssef, and Dale Huntington. "Integrating issues of sexuality into Egyptian family planning counseling," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 312 KB)

1997
Tiwari, Sudha, Saumya RamaRao, Sneh Vishwanath, John W. Townsend, Harbans Singh, and Leila Caleb Varkey. "DMPA provision in PSS clinics in Uttar Pradesh: Costs and prices," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Technical Paper no. 10. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 105 KB)

1996
Gray, Alan. "Regret after sterilization: Can it be averted" Asia and the Near East OR/TA Policy Dialogue no. 4. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 46 KB)

1995
Dunston, Amy Gale and Peter C. Miller.  "Improving community-based family planning services and the potential for increasing contraceptive prevalence in Bangladesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Special Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 119 KB)

Hoesni, R. Hasan M., Anthony Tan, Jayanti Tuladhar, Jusuf S. Effendi, Bantuk Hadijanto, and Pudjo Hartono. "Follow-up study among IUD acceptors of Java," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Jakarta: Population Council. (PDF, 281 KB)

"IUD study results lead to new performance evaluation system in Pakistan," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Operations Research Summary. Islamabad: Population Council. (PDF, 779 KB, pp. 46–47)

"IUD use dynamics in Egypt," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Operations Research Summary. Cairo: Population Council. (PDF, 560 KB)

Patron, Maria Carmela and Marilou Palabrica-Costello. "Knowledge, attitudes and practice of the DMPA injectable contraceptive: Data from focus group discussions," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Manila: Population Council. (PDF, 109 KB)

Ravindran, T.K. Sundari. "A study of user perspectives on the diaphragm in an urban Indian setting," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 263 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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