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2008
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
. "Using operations research to enhance delivery of postpartum/postabortion family planning services in the Arab region," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

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) (PDF en español)

2007
Brambila, Carlos, Emma Ottolenghi, Celeste Marin, and Jane T. Bertrand. "Getting results used: Evidence from reproductive health programmatic research in Guatemala," Health Policy and Planning 22(4): 234–245. (abstract)

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

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

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

"Enhancing cost recovery through afternoon clinic: Findings from an operations research study in Nepal," Asia and Near East OR Summary no. 14. Washington, DC: Population Council.

"How to conduct a coverage exercise: A rapid assessment tool for programs and services." New York: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en español) (PDF en français) (PDF no português)

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

Merida, Martha, Javier Arce, Douglas Moscoso, Carlo Ramirez, Patricia Riveros, and John Bratt. "Operations research to improve financial sustainability in three Bolivian NGOs," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Mugumya, Nicholas, Juliana Nyombi, Michael Matsiko, Rick Homan, Harriet Birungi, and Nzoya Munguti. "Cost of training programs and willingness to pay for training: An application of break-even analysis in Uganda," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Munguti, Nzoya, Moses Mokua, Rick Homan, and Harriet Birungi. "Cost analysis of reproductive heath services in PCEA Chogoria Hospital, Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

2005
Bratt, John, Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Magdi Ibrahim, and Mohammed Edress. "Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt," FRONTIERS Final Report. Cairo: Population Council. (PDF)

Schenk, Katie and Jan Williamson. Ethical Approaches to Gathering Information From Children and Adolescents in International Settings: Guidelines and Resources. Washington, DC: Population Council. (additional information)

2004
Barge, Sandhya, Hillary Bracken, Batya Elul, Nayan Kumar, Wajahat U. Khan, Shalini Verma, and Carol Camlin. "Formal and informal abortion services in Rajasthan, India: Results of a situation analysis," New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF)

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

Foreit, Karen G. and James R. Foreit. "Willingness to pay surveys for setting prices for reproductive health products and services: A user's manual," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en español) (PDF en français)

Hewett, Paul, Barbara Mensch, and Annabel Erulkar. "The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts in Kenya," Social Science Computer Review 22(3): 319–334.* Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 168. New York: Population Council, 2003. (abstract) (PDF)

Lara, Diana, Jennifer Strickler, Claudia Díaz-Olavarrieta, and Charlotte Ellertson. "Measuring induced abortion in Mexico: A comparison of four methodologies," Sociological Methods and Research 32(4): 529–558. (abstract)

Panpanich, Ratana. "A rapid situation analysis of the access to care project in northern Thailand," Horizons Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

2003
"Cameroon: Peer education and youth-friendly media reduce risky sexual behavior," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 37. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Marin, M. Celeste and Jane T. Bertrand. "Evaluating operations research utilization: Guidelines for assessing process and impact," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Miller, Robert, Nancy Sloan, Eugene Weiss, and Bernard Pobiak. Rapid Needs Assessment Tool for Condom Programming. New York: UNFPA. (offsite link)

Ndhlovu, Lewis, Catherine Searle, Robert Miller, Andrew Fisher, Ester Snyman, and Nancy Sloan. "Reproductive health services in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: A situation analysis study focusing on HIV/AIDS services," Horizons Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

"Using operations research to strengthen programmes for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting: Report of a consultative meeting on methodological issues for FGC research, April 9–11, 2002, Nairobi, Kenya," FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF)

2002
Fisher, Andrew A., James R. Foreit, John Laing, John Stoeckel, and John Townsend. Designing HIV/AIDS Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook, Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

"Tools and training strengthen African AIDS groups," Population Briefs (Spring): HIV/AIDS special edition. (full text)

2001
"Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning." New York: Population Council. (additional information)

2000
Computer-based Tools to Improve Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Reproductive Health Programs
. New York, Population Council and Pubcomm Group. (additional information)

Outlaw, Judith A.M. The Household Registration System: A Point-and-Click Revolution in Health and Demographic Research. New York, Population Council. (PDF)

1998
Fisher, Andrew A., John E. Laing, John E. Stoeckel, and John W. Townsend. Handbook for Family Planning Operations Research Design (2nd edition). New York: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF in Arabic)

Foreit, James R. and Tomas Frejka (eds.) Family Planning Operations Research: A Book of Readings. New York: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en español)

* Not available from the Population Council.



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28 October 2008