FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
on Safe Motherhood/Postpartum Care

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

2008
"Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua: Promoting family planning during the postpartum period can increase contraceptive acceptance," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 74. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Quiterio, Gisela, Maritza Molina, Marija Miric, Ricardo Vernon, and M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes. "Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in the Dominican Republic," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 614 KB)

Rivero-Fuentes, Estela and Antonieta Martin. "Regional workshop to use the findings from operations research to increase the access, quality and integration of contraceptive services in Latin America and the Caribbean,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 365 KB) (PDF en español, 354 KB)

Rivero-Fuentes, M. Estela, Ricardo Vernon, Michaelle Boulos, and Louis-Marie Boulos. "Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in Haiti," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 670 KB)

Solis, Freddy, Ana del Carmen Rojas, Adilia Gadea, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, and Ricardo Vernon. "Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in Nicaragua," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 587 KB)

2003
Billings, Deborah L., Eliana del Pozo, and Hugo Arévalo. "Testing a model for the delivery of emergency obstetric care and family planning services in the Bolivian public health system," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.1 MB)

León, Federico R., Carlos Brambila, Marisela de la Cruz, John H. Bratt, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Verónica Dávila, Carlo Bonatto, and Alex Ríos. "Effects of IGSS' job aids-assisted balanced counseling algorithms on quality of care and client outcomes," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 900 KB)

León, Federico R., Alex Ríos, Adriana Zumarán, Marisela de la Cruz, Carlos Brambila, and John H. Bratt. "Enhancing quality for clients: The balanced counseling strategy," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 3. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2002
Jacobs, Erika, Carlos Brambila, and Ricardo Vernon. "Reproductive health care in the postnatal period in Guatemala," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 598 KB)

2001
"Honduras: Marketing new reproductive health services is cost-effective," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 26. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 286 KB)

"Honduras: Postpartum and postabortion patients want family planning," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 25. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 272 KB)

Medina, Ruth, Ricardo Vernon, Irma Mendoza, and Claudia Aguilar. "Expansion of postpartum and postabortion contraception in Honduras," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 637 KB)

Mendoza, Irma and Ricardo Vernon. "Promoting reproductive health services in rural communities in Honduras," FRONTIERS Final Report. (PDF, 636 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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