Frontiers in Reproductive Health | Publications/Resources

FRONTIERS
Final Reports by Region and Country
(click here for chronological list)
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

Interregional
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia and the Near East
Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe and Eurasia

Interregional

Adamchak, Susan. 2005. "Lessons learned from the global agenda of the Frontiers in Reproductive Health Program," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.45 MB)

Bratt, John, Rick Homan, Barbara Janowitz, and Jim Foreit. 2007. “Developing NGO capacity: Operations research to improve financial sustainability,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 159 KB)

Nath, Shampa. 2007. "Getting research into policy and practice (GRIPP)," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 970 KB) (supplementary report, 1.12 MB)

RamaRao, Saumya and James Foreit. 2007. "Technical assistance to the Institute of Reproductive Health, Georgetown University in researching introduction strategies for the Standard Days contraceptive method (SDM)," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 32 KB)

Vernon, Ricardo, M.E. Khan, Harriet Birungi, Ian Askew, and William Stones. 2007. "Developing and testing strategies for increasing awareness of the IUD as a contraceptive option," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 251 KB)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional
Chege, Jane, Ian Askew, Susan Igras, and Jacinta K. Muteshi. 2004. “Testing the effectiveness of integrating community-based approaches for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting into CARE’s reproductive health programs in Ethiopia and Kenya,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Dieng, Thierno, Mohamed Diadhiou, Nafissatou J. Diop, and Youmane Faye. 2008l “Assessment of progress of the Postabortion Care Initiative in Francophone Africa,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 709 KB) (executive summary in English; report in French)

Diop, Nafissatou J. 2008. "Technical assistance to the interagency coordination group seeking to reduce female genital mutilation/cutting,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 184 KB)

Ghana Health Service and Navrongo Health Research Centre. 2005. "Transferring Ghana's system of evidence-based health program development: Program for an initial exchange with Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 385 KB)

Benin
Ngom, Pierre, Salmoe Wawire, Timothée Gandaho, Pierre Klissou, Toussaint Adjimon, Mbaye Sèye, Emile Akouanou, and Laurie Winter. 2002. "Intra-household decision-making on health and resource allocation in Bourgou, Benin," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 448 KB)

Burkina Faso
Diop, Nafissatou, Zakari Congo, Aïna Ouédraogo, Alphonsine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, and Ida Tamini. 2008. “Analysis of the evolution of the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting in Burkina Faso,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1 MB) (executive summary in English; report in French)

Diop, Nafissatou J., Djingri Ouoba, Zakari Congo, Molly Melching, Baya Banza, Georges Guiella, and Inge Baumgarten. 2004. "Experience from a community-based education program in Burkina Faso: The Tostan Program," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Cameroon
Institut de Recherche et des Etudes des Comportements (IRESCO). 2002. “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)

Ghana
Birungi, Harriet, Philomena Nyarko, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Daniel Arhinful, Sylvia Deganus, Henrietta Odoi-Agyarko, and Gladys Brew. 2006. "Acceptability and feasibility of introducing the WHO focused antenatal care package in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 460 KB)

Birungi, Harriet, Philomena Nyarko, Ian Askew, Ayo Ajayi, Gifty Addico, Edward Addai, and Caroline Jehu-Appiah. 2006. "Priority setting for reproductive health at the district level in the context of health sector reforms in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 441 KB)

Boateng, James, Henry Surnye, Alex Mensah, Bismark Boateng, Philomena Nyarko, Nzoya Munguti, and John Bratt. 2006. "Cost of reproductive health services provided by four CHAG hospitals," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 224 KB)

Bruce, Egbert, Daniel Mensah, John Idun, Francis Ashabley, James Foreit, and Philomena Nyarko. 2006. "Face-to-face complementary selling of health products in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 93 KB)

Chege, Jane, Diouratié Sanogo, Ian Askew, Angela Bannerman, Steve Grey, Evam Kofi Glover, Francis Yankey, and Joana Nerquaye-Tetteh. 2000. "An assessment of the community-based distribution programs in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 308 KB)

Gyapong, John, Gifty Addico, Ivy Osei, Mercy Abbey, Dominic Atweam Kobinah, Henrietta Odoi Agyarko, Gloria Quansah Asare, Harriet Birungi, and Ian Askew. 2003. "An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 781 KB)

Osei, Ivy, Bertha Garshong, Gertrude Owusu Banahene, John Gyapong, Placide Tapsoba, Ian Askew, Clement Ahiadeke, Richard Killian, Edward Bonku, Perle Combary, and William Sampson. 2005. “Improving the Ghanaian Safe Motherhood Programme: Evaluating the effectiveness of alternative training models and other performance improvement factors on the quality of maternal care and client outcomes,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Osei, Ivy, John Gyapong, Monica Wanjiru, and Ian Askew. 2005. “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)

Guinea
Diop, Nafissatou. 2006. "Technical assistance to organizations in Guinea seeking to reduce female genital cutting," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 543 KB)

Kenya
Abdi, Maryam Sheikh, Guyo Jaldesa, and Ian Askew. 2008. "Managing and preventing female genital cutting (FGM/C) among the Somali Community in Kenya,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 167 KB)

Askew, Ian, Jane Chege, Carolyne Njue, and Samson Radeny. 2004. “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, 1.53 MB)

Chege, Jane Njeri, Ian Askew, and Jennifer Liku. 2001. "An assessment of the alternative rites approach for encouraging abandonment of FGC in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Jaldesa, Guyo W., Ian Askew, Caroline Njue, and Monica Wanjiru. 2005. “Female genital cutting among the Somali of Kenya and management of its complications,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 460 KB)

Liambila, Wilson, Charlotte Warren, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Rick Homan, Ibrahim Mohammed, Robert Ayisi, Margaret Gitau, Josephine Kibaru, Mary Gathitu, Judith Maua, Helton Jilo, Juma Mwangi, John Njoroge, Anthony K. Wanyoro, Peter Mohammed Njuguna, and Andrew Mboche. 2008. "Feasibility, acceptability, effect, and cost of integrating counseling and testing for HIV within family planning services in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Mwangi, Annie, Charlotte Warren, Nancy Koskei, and Holly Blanchard. 2008. "Strengthening postnatal care services including postpartum family planning in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Njue, Carolyne and Ian Askew. 2004. “Medicalization of female genital cutting among the Abagusii in Nyanza Province, Kenya,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 829 KB)

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

Senegal
Diop, Nafissatou and Anta Fall Diagne. 2008. “Enhancing utilization of the findings from the youth reproductive health project in Senegal,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 686 KB) (executive summary in English; report in French)

Diop, Nafissatou J. and Alioune Diagne. 2008. "Improving communication between parents and adolescents on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 776 KB) (executive summary in English; report in French)

Diop, Nafissatou J., Amadou Moreau, and Hélène Benga. 2008. “Evaluation of the long-term impact of the TOSTAN programme on the abandonment of FGM/C and early marriage: Results from a qualitative study in Senegal,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 359 KB)

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. 2004. "Improving the reproductive health of adolescents in Senegal," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 458 KB)

Diop, Nafissatou J., Modou Mbacke Faye, Amadou Morea, Jacqueline Cabral, Hélène Benga, Fatou Cissé, Babacar Mané, Inge Baumgarten, and Molly Melching. 2004. "The Tostan program: Evaluation of a community-based education program in Senegal," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB)

EngenderHealth. 2003.“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)

RamaRao, Saumya, Emma Ottolenghi, Youmané Faye, Nafissatou J. Diop, and Thierno Dieng. 2007. "Assessment of the extension of Postabortion Care services in Senegal," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 551 KB)

Sanogo, Diouratié, Mady Cisse, Adama Ndoye, Laty G. Ndoye, Ousmane Faye, and Balla Mbacké Mboup. 2004. "Testing a community-based distribution approach to reproductive health service delivery in Senegal (a study of community agents in Kébémer)," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB; executive summary in English; report in French)

Sanogo, Diouratié, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, Awa Seck, Colonel Adama Ndoye, Laty Ndoye, Cheikh Bamba Diop, Balla Mbaké Mboup, and Omar Sarr. 2005. "Using systematic screening to increase integration of reproductive health services delivery in Senegal,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 99 KB)

South Africa
Chege, Jane N., Ian Askew, Nzwakie Mosery, Mbali Ndube-Nxumalo, Busi Kunene, Mags Beksinska, Janet Dalton, Ester Snyman, Wilem Sturm, and Preshny Moodley. 2005. "Feasibility of introducing a comprehensive package of antenatal care services in rural public clinics in South Africa,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 217 KB)

Ditlopo, Prudence, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Ricardo Vernon, Edwin Maroga, Sgidi Sibeko, Mokgethi Tshabalala, Rabbuh Raletsemo, Dean Peacock, and Andrew Levack. 2007. "Testing the effectiveness of the Men as Partners program (MAP) in Soweto, South Africa,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 609 KB)

Erulkar, Annabel S., Mags Beksinska, and Queen Cebekhulu. 2001. "An assessment of youth centres in South Africa," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.0 MB)

Kim, Julia, Lufuno Mokwena, Ennica Ntlemo, Ntabozuko Dwane, Amanda Noholoza, Tanya Abramsky, Edmore Marinda, Ian Askew, Jane Chege, Saiqa Mullick, Liesl Gerntholtz, Lisa Vetten, and Anneke Meerkotter. 2007. "Developing an integrated model for post-rape care and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in rural South Africa," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.13 MB)

Kunene, Busi, Mags Beksinska, Simphiwe Zondi, Nobuhle Mthembu, Saiqa Mullick, Emma Ottolenghi, Immo Kleinschmidt, Susan Adamchak, Barbara Janowitz, and Carmen Cuthbertson. 2004. “Involving men in maternity care: South Africa,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.35 MB)

Penn-Kekana, Loveday, Duane Blaauw, Khin San Tint, Desiree Monareng, and Jane Chege. 2005. "Nursing staff dynamics and implications for maternal health provision in public health facilities in the context of HIV/AIDS (in South Africa)," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 478 KB)

Tanzania
Wanjiru, Monica, Ian Askew, Nzoya Mungiita, Saumya RamaRao, Rick Homan, Reheme Kahando, and John M. Pile. 2007. "Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and cost of introducing Postabortion Care in health centres and dispensaries in rural Tanzania," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 697 KB)

Uganda
Okullo, Joel, Quinto Okello, Harriet Birungi, Ian Askew, Barbara Janowitz, Carmen Cuthbertson, and Florence Ebanyat. 2003. "Improving quality of care for family planning services in Uganda," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 980 KB)

Zimbabwe
Maggwa, Baker Ndugga, Ian Askew, Caroline S. Marangwanda, Ronika Nyakauru, and Barbara Janowitz. 2001. "An assessment of the Zimbabwe national family planning council's community-based distribution programme," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 104 KB)

Asia and the Near East

Regional
Huntington, Dale. 2002. "Anti-trafficking programs in South Asia: Appropriate activities, indicators, and evaluation methodologies—Summary report of a technical consultative meeting, September 11–13, 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal," New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 213 KB)

Khan, M.E., Jim Foreit, Sohini Roychowdhury, F. Ram, and Chander Shekhar. 2007. "Developing regional operations research training capacity in South Asia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 619 KB)

Khan, M.E., Sohini Roychowdhury, Jim Foreit, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, and Geetha Vaithyanathan. 2006. "Developing regional capacity in operations research and economic evaluation in South Asia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 259 KB)

Bangladesh
Bates, Lisa, Md Khairul Islam, Sidney Ruth Schuler, and Md Alauddin. 2000. "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)

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

Khan, M.E., Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, and Moshiur Rahman. 2004. “Introduction of emergency contraception in Bangladesh: Using operations research for policy decisions,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Koenig, Michael A., Saifuddin Ahmed, and Mian Bazle Hossain. 2003. "The impact of quality of care on contraceptive use: Evidence from longitudinal data from rural Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 542 KB)

Mannan, M.A., Jafar Ahmad Hakim, Syeda Tazneen Waris, Ashraf Ali, A.K.M. Nurul Hakim, Abdul Hannan, Sameena Chowdhury, Saria Tasnim, Saiful Islam, A.Q.M. Rezaul Karim, Sharif Mohammad Ismail Hossain, Ubaidur Rob, and M.E. Khan. 2008. “Creating the conditions for scaling up the integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 971 KB)

Rob, Ubaidur, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, M.E. Khan, Ahmed Al-Sabir, and Mohammed Ahsanul Alam. 2004. "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)

Egypt
Abdel-Tawab, Nahla and Sahar Hegazi. 2001. "Critical analysis of interventions against FGC in Egypt," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 612 KB)

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

Bratt, John H., Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Magdi A. Ibrahim, and Mohammed Edrees. 2005. “Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 370 KB)

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

El Zanaty, Fatma, Laila Nawar, and Ramadan Hamed. 2001. "An assessment of selected sub-systems of the Egyptian Norplant^® program," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 973 KB)

Hegazi, Sahar and Mona Khalifa. 2000. "Increasing the coverage of reproductive health issues in the Egyptian press," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 576 KB)

Ibrahim, Magdi, James Foreit, and M.E. Khan. 2001."Cairo Demographic Center operations research course," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 593 KB)

Nawar, Laila, Ibrahim Kharboush, Magdi A. Ibrahim, Hesham Makhlouf, and Susan Adamchak. 2004. "Impact of improved client–provider interaction on women's achievement of fertility goals in Egypt," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Youssef, Hala, Nahla Abdel-Tawab, John Bratt, Ton van der Velden, and Mohamed Abou-Gabal. 2007. “Linking family planning with postabortion services in Egypt: Testing the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of two models of integration,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 731 KB)

India
Das, N.P., Urvi Shah, Varsha Chitania, Pratibha Patel, M.E. Khan, Anurag Mishra, and James R. Foreit. 2005. "Systematic screening to integrate reproductive health services in India,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 135 KB)

Das, Rumeli, Kaushik Biswas, Pradeep Panda, M.E. Khan, and Rick Homan. 2007. "Strengthening financial sustainability through integration of voluntary counseling and testing services with other reproductive health services (India)," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Foundation for Research in Health Systems (FRHS). 2004. "Community involvement in reproductive health: Findings from research in Karnataka, India," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 654 KB)

Huntington, Dale, Mary Philip Sebastian, Barbara Mensch, Wesley Clark, Aditya Narain Singh, Sohini Roychowdhury, M.E. Khan, Nirmala Selvam, Bella Patel, Sandhya Barge, Y.P. Gupta, Lovleen Johri, Gita Biswas, and Manohar Shenoy. 2004. "Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.09 MB)

Khan, M.E., Mary Philip Sebastian, Usha Sharma, Rukma Idnani, Kaushal Kumari, Bharati Maheshwari, and Shahid Ashraf. 2008. "Promoting healthy timing and spacing of births in India through a community-based approach,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 504 KB)

Khan, M.E., Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Vikas Kishor Desai, Pratibha Patel, B.P. Itare, and Sandhya Barge. 2008. "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., Anurag Mishra, Vivek Sharma, and Leila Caleb Varkey. 2008. "Development of a quality assurance procedure for reproductive health services for district public health systems: Implementation and scale-up in the state of Gujarat," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 560 KB)

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

Varkey, Leila Caleb, Anurag Mishra, Anjana Das, Emma Ottolenghi, Dale Huntington, Susan Adamchak, M.E. Khan, and Frederick Homan. 2004. "Involving men in maternity care in India," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

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

Indonesia
Firmansyah, Wanda, Sahar Hegazi, Siti Rokhmawati Darwisyah, and Lila Amaliah. 2001. "Increasing coverage of reproductive health issues in the Indonesian print media," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Gardner, Michelle and Lila Amaliah. 1999. "Analysis of conflicting crisis-related research results," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 155 KB)

Kim, Young Mi, Fitri Patjuk, Endang Basuki, and Adrienne Kols. 2003. "Increasing client participation in family planning consultations: 'Smart patient' coaching in Indonesia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 473 KB)

Nepal
Center for Research on Environment, Health, and Population Activities (CREHPA). 2004. “Determining an effective and replicable communication-based mechanism 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)

Shrestha, Mahendra Pd., Rajesh Swar, Pradeep Panda, M.E. Khan, and Rick Homan. 2007. "Effect of introducing an 'afternoon pay clinic' on service utilization and cost recovery (Nepal)," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 120 KB)

Pakistan
Khan, M.E., Gul Rashida Shaikh, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Ali Mohammad Mir, and Ubaidur Rob. 2008. "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)

Philippines
Masulit, Saniata, Marilou Costello, and Sahar Hegazi. 2001. "Influencing reproductive health policy and programs in the Philippines: Implementing an advocacy model for utilization of operations research," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 670 KB)

Palabrica-Costello, Marilou, Nimfa Ogena, and Alejandro N. Herrin. 2003. "Policy and program implications of the Matching Grants Program in the Philippines," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 656 KB)

West Bank/Gaza
Center for Development in Primary Health Care, Al Quds University. 2003. "Improving postpartum care among low-parity mothers in Palestine," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 830 KB)

Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP). 2003. "Creation of a unified management information system for three NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 385 KB)

Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP). 2002. “Institutional support for a program of activities within the Pilot Health Project in the West Bank and Gaza,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 3.1MB)

Nawar, Laila, Dale Huntington, Ibrahim Kharboush, Nancy Ali, and Mahmoud Shaheen. 2003. "Assessment of Pilot Health Project outcome indicators: West Bank/Gaza," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional
Brambila, Carlos. 2004. "Developing a supervision instrument for postabortion care in Guatemala, Bolivia, and Mexico," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1009 KB)

Rivero-Fuentes, Estela and Antonieta Martin. 2008. "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)

Riveros, Patricia, Antonieta Martin, and Ricardo Vernon. 2008. “Introduction of quality of care and a gender perspective in reproductive health service organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 295 KB)

Vernon, Ricardo and Estela Rivero-Fuentos. 2008. “Assessing the need and opportunities for improved linkages between conditional cash transfers and reproductive health programs in Latin America and the Caribbean,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 325 KB) (appendixes, 2.4 MB)

Bolivia
Billings, Deborah L., Eliana del Pozo, and Hugo Arévalo. 2003. "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)

Castro Mantilla, María Dolores, and Máriel Loayza Antezana. 2004. "Evaluation of community education interventions in sexual and reproductive health services in urban-marginal areas of La Paz, Bolivia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 737 KB)

de la Quintana, Erica Palenque, Patricia Riveros Hamel, and Ricardo Vernon. 2007. "Consolidating a gender perspective in the PROCOSI network," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 702 KB)

Foreit, James R., Ricardo Vernon, and Patricia Riveros Hamel. 2005. "Use of systematic screening to increase the provision of reproductive health services in Bolivia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 94 KB)

Gonzáles, Fernando and Máriel Loayza. 2005. “Operations research to improve postabortion care (PAC) services in three public hospitals, Bolivia,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 270 KB)

Gonzáles, Fernando S., Maria Antonieta Martín, Rosario Pérez Mendoza, and Ricardo Vernon. 2005. "Cross-cultural adaptation of reproductive health services in Bolivia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 205 KB)

Gonzáles, Fernando S. and Ricardo Vernon. 2005. “Technical assistance and training for PROCOSI operations research program, Bolivia,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 647 KB)

Palenque, Erica, Lizzy Montaño, Ricardo Vernon, Fernando Gonzales, Patricia Riveros, and John H. Bratt. 2004. "Effects and cost of implementing a gender-sensitive reproductive health program," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Dominican Republic
Quiterio, Gisela, Maritza Molina, Marija Miric, Ricardo Vernon, and M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes. 2008. "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)

Ecuador
De Vargas, Teresa. 2001. "Extending operations research to social marketing programs," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Guatemala
Brambila, Carlos and Berta Taracena. 2003. "Availability and acceptability of IUDs in Guatemala," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 500 KB)

Bratt, John H., Adrian Valdez, Roberto Molina, Mario Alfaro, Marco Antonio Barrientos, Carlos Brambila, and Werner Figueroa. 2001. "Setting prices for reproductive health services in a public hospital in Guatemala," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 450 KB)

Guatemalan Association of Female Physicians (AGMM). 2004. "Scaling up a successful counseling model in Guatemala," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 4.0 MB)

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

Kestler, Edgar and Lilian Ramirez. 2004. “Informing the medical community in Guatemala about emergency contraception,” FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB)

León, Federico R., Carlos Brambila, Marisela de la Cruz, John H. Bratt, Julio García Colindres, Benedicto Vásquez, and Carlos Morales. 2003. "Testing balanced counseling to improve provider–client interaction in Guatemala's MOH clinics," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.3 MB)

León, Federico R., Carlos Brambila, Marisela de la Cruz, John H. Bratt, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Verónica Dávila, Carlo Bonatto, and Alex Ríos. 2003. "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)

Montufar, Edwin, Carlos Morales, Ricardo Vernon, Carlos Brambila, and Jorge Solórzano. 2005. "Improving access to long-term contraceptives in rural Guatemala through the Ministry of Health," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 274 KB)

Haiti
Rivero-Fuentes, M. Estela, Ricardo Vernon, Michaelle Boulos, and Louis-Marie Boulos. 2008. "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)

Honduras
Flores, Ivo Flores, Élida Rosa Aguilar Fonseca, Rosa Merlen Flores, Ricardo Vernon, Jorge Solorzano, Suyapa Pavón, Marco Tulio Falck, and Alba Lidia Sánchez. 2007. "Increasing use of the IUD through community and clinic based education activities in rural Honduras," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 614 KB) (PDF en español, 167 KB)

Medina, Ruth, Ricardo Vernon, Irma Mendoza, and Claudia Aguilar. 2001. "Expansion of postpartum and postabortion contraception in Honduras," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 637 KB)

Mendoza, Irma and Ricardo Vernon. 2001. "Promoting reproductive health services in rural communities in Honduras," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 636 KB)

Vernon, Ricardo, James R. Foreit, Fiorella Mancini, Suyapa Pavón, and Jheisy Torres. 2005. "Systematic screening as a strategy to increase services integration and revenues in Honduras,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 89 KB)

Mexico
Pick, Susan and Lydia Miranda. 1999. "Mexico: Training health providers on domestic violence," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.

Santos, Elsa, Silvia Llaguno, and Ricardo Vernon. 1999. "Mexico: Protecting informed consent," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 89 KB)

Vernon, Ricardo and Maricela Durá. 2004. "Improving the reproductive health of youth in Mexico," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 3.8 MB)

Nicaragua
Solis, Freddy, Ana del Carmen Rojas, Adilia Gadea, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, and Ricardo Vernon. 2008. "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)

Peru
Benson, Janie and Victor Huayapa. 2002. "Sustainability of postabortion care in Peru," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 685 KB)

Flórez-Aréstegui Cornejo, Marco and Rosalinda Barreto Silva. 2004. "Culturally appropriate information, education and communication strategies for improving adolescent reproductive health in Cusco, Peru," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 718 KB)

León, Federico R. 1999. "Providers' compliance with quality of care norms," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.5 MB)

León, Federico R., Santiago Roca, Alex Ríos, Adriana Zumarán, and Ana Rosa Feijoo. 2003. "One-year client impacts of quality of care improvements achieved in Peru," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 931 KB)

Europe and Eurasia

Kazakhstan
Tazhibayev, Shamil, Toregeldy Sharmanov, Ayan Ergalieva, Oksana Dolmatova, Orynkul Mukasheva, Aina Seidakhmetova, and Raikhan Kushenova. 2004. "Promotion of lactation amenorrhea method intervention trial, Kazakhstan," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 903 KB)

Romania
Himelfarb, Elaine C. 2004. "Improving health care providers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices in reproductive health in rural Romania,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1017 KB)

Russia
Savelieva, Irina, John M. Pile, Inna Sacci, and Ratha Loganathan. 2002. "Postabortion family planning operations research study in Perm, Russia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 2.8 MB)

FRONTIERS publications are also available on the U.S. Agency for International Development's Development Experience Clearinghouse Web site, www.dec.org.