FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Asia and the Near East
on Male Involvement

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

2008
Varkey, Leila Caleb, Anurag Mishra, and M.E. Khan. “Creating the conditions for scale-up of the Men in Maternity intervention in India,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 473 KB)

2007
Bhuiya, Ismat, Mizanur Rahman, Ubaidur Rob, M.E. Khan, and Zahiduzzaman. "Increasing dual protection among rickshaw pullers in Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.3 MB)

2004
"Bangladesh: Offering reproductive health services for men improves clinic utilization," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 47. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Caleb Varkey, Leila, Anurag Mishra, Anjana Das, Emma Ottolenghi, Dale Huntington, Susan Adamchak, M.E. Khan, and Frederick Homan. "Involving men in maternity care in India," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

"India: Men’s involvement in partner’s pregnancy yields health benefits," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 45. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Rob, Ubaidur, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, M.E. Khan, Ahmed Al-Sabir, and Mohammed Ahsanul Alam. "Integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.1 MB)

2002
Das, Anjana, Leila Caleb Varkey, Anurag Mishra, Emma Ottolenghi, and Dale Huntington. "Men in maternity study (India)," FRONTIERS Research Update no. 2. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 1 MB)

Mishra, Anurag, Leila Caleb Varkey, Anjana Das, Emma Ottolenghi, Dale Huntington, Susan Adamchak, and Shahina Begum. "Men in maternity study: A summary of the findings from pre-intervention interviews with women and their husbands attending antenatal clinics at ESIC facilities in Delhi—Baseline summary (India)," FRONTIERS Research Update no. 3. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 689 KB)

Mishra, Anurag, Leila Caleb Varkey, Emma Ottolenghi, Anjana Das, Dale Huntington, and Susan Adamchak. "Men in maternity study: Results from the pre-intervention survey of pregnant women and their husbands at the three intervention, and of only women at three control Employees’ State Insurance Corporation dispensaries in Delhi, India—Baseline report," FRONTIERS Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 986 KB)

Rob, Ubaidur, Sharif Md. Ismail Hossain, and Ismat Bhuiya. "Integration of reproductive health services for men in family welfare centers," FRONTIERS Project Update. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 672 KB)

2001
Green, Cynthia, Stephanie Joyce, and James Foreit. "Using men as community-based distributors of condoms," FRONTIERS Program Brief and Summary no. 2. Washington, DC: Population Council. (Program Brief, PDF, 210 KB) (Summary, PDF, 68 KB)

"West Bank/Gaza: Stress the importance and cost-effectiveness of postpartum care," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 20. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 288 KB)

1998
Abdel-Tawab, Nahla. "Seminar on male involvement in reproductive health in Egypt: Summary of research findings and future directions," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Alexandria: Population Council. (PDF, 110 KB)

"Getting men involved in family planning: Experiences from an innovative program (Bangladesh)," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 197 KB)

1997
Khan, M.E. and Bella C. Patel. "Male involvement in family planning: A KABP study of Agra District, Uttar Pradesh," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 808 KB)

1996
Donahoe, Debbie. "Men and family planning in Bangladesh: A review of the literature," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Final Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 71 KB)

Piet-Pelon, Nancy J. and Ubaidur Rob. "Male involvement: a challenge for the National Family Planning Program," Asia and the Near East OR/TA Policy Dialogue no. 2. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 195 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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