FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean on General Quality of Care Improvement

Regional

• Introducing a Quality and Gender Perspective in Reproductive Health Organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean (completed)

Bolivia

• Consolidating a Gender Perspective in the PROCOSI Network (ongoing)
• Cross-cultural Adaptation of Reproductive Health Services in Bolivia (completed)
• Use of Systematic Screening to Provide Reproductive Health Services in Bolivia (completed)
• Technical Assistance to Pathfinder in Postabortion Care Operations Research (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)
• Testing a Model for the Delivery of Emergency Obstetric Care and Family Planning Services in the Bolivian Public Health System (completed)

Dominican Republic

• Contraceptive Services in Postpartum, Postabortion, and PMTCT Programs (ongoing)

Ecuador

• Extending Operations Research to Social Marketing Programs (completed)

Guatemala

• Increasing Access to Long-term Contraceptives in Rural Areas Through the MOH in Guatemala (completed)
• Scaling Up a Successful Counseling Model (completed)
• Using an Algorithm to Improve Family Planning Counseling at Rural Clinics (completed)
• Improving Client Informed Choice for Postpartum/Postabortion Clients (completed)
• Availability and Acceptability of Intrauterine Devices in Guatemala (completed)
• Reproductive Health Care in the Postnatal Period (completed)

Honduras

• Systematic Screening as a Strategy to Increase Services Integration and Revenue in Honduras (completed)
• Expansion of the Role of Nurse Auxiliaries in the Provision of Family Planning Services (completed)
• Expansion of Postpartum/Postabortion Contraceptive Services in Honduras (completed)

Peru

• Monitoring Family Planning Providers’ Compliance with the Quality-of-Care Norms of Peru’s Ministry of Health (completed)
• Global Agenda: Provider and Client Impacts of an Intervention Designed to Improve the Provider–Client Interaction in Ministry of Health Clinics in Peru (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 Quality of Care

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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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