Adolescent Reproductive Behavior in the Developing World, Studies in Family Planning
Population Council
Focus: Developing countries
This special issue of Studies in Family Planning explores the social, economic, biological, and demographic events that affect adolescents in the developing world. Nine of the 10 articles, written by demographers, sociologists, economists, and public health specialists, stem from a March 1997 workshop sponsored by the Committee on Population of the National Academy of Sciences.
Single copies free of charge to developing-country audiences. English; 1998; 253 pages. (Also addresses: Adolescents)
Advances and Challenges in Postabortion Care Operations Research: Summary Report of a Global Meeting
Population Council
Focus: Developing countries
This publication, which summarizes papers presented by two dozen researchers at a global meeting, reviews the enormous progress made since 1994 in postabortion care in developing countries and defines the issues and magnitude of the public health problem of unsafe abortion. Other aspects covered include creating new postabortion services; measuring the quality of postabortion care; follow-up studies of postabortion patients; cost studies of postabortion care services; decentralization and scaling-up of postabortion care services; ethical dimensions of postabortion care operations research; and future directions.
Single copies are free of charge. English; 1998; 37 pages.
An African Response to the Challenge of Integrating STD/HIV-AIDS Services into Family Planning Programs
Pathfinder International
Focus: Africa
Documents the process of integrating STD/HIV-AIDS services into African family planning programs. Includes specific case studies from Kenya and Uganda. Reports the outcomes of a regional workshop on "Setting the African Agenda" attended by 165 health care professionals representing 18 African countries.
Cost is free. English; 1997; 72 pages.
Africa's Population Challenge: Accelerating Progress in Reproductive Health
Population Action International
Focus: Africa
Highlights the progress Africa has made expanding access to reproductive health and the challenges countries face in providing quality services for all their people.
Cost is $9. English and French; 1998; 88 pages.
Beyond Family Planning: Women's Health, Human Rights and Population Policy
Center for Health and Gender Equity
Focus: Global
A report for the League of Women Voters that outlines the move from population control to reproductive health and rights.
Free to developing-country organizations; $5 for all others. English; 1996; 40 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
Beyond the Rhetoric: Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Post-Cairo Era
Family Care International
Focus: Global
This succinct document for decisionmakers and program planners gathers and distills existing research, examples of national strategies and programs, and more localized pilot and model projects related to ICPD implementation. The goal of the document is to highlight successful strategies, emerging opportunities, lessons learned, and remaining obstacles involved in taking a more comprehensive approach to the provision of sexual and reproductive health care based on ICPD goals and objectives.
First copy is free; contact organization for price of additional copies. English, French, and Spanish; June 1999; 100 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
Cairo Reproductive Health Policies and Programs: A Comparative Study of Eight Countries
The Futures Group International, POLICY Project
Focus: Global
A summary of eight case studies (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Jordan, Ghana, Senegal, Jamaica, and Peru) that assesses each nation's process and progress in implementing reproductive health policies and programs post-Cairo. The report documents the constraints and challenges each country has experienced in moving toward a reproductive health focus.
Free of charge. English; September 1998; 80 pages.
Care for Postabortion Complications: Saving Women's Lives, Population Reports
Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, Population Information Program
Focus: Developing countries
This issue of Population Reports discusses the extent of the problem, social and cultural issues, medical care, counseling and services, and reduction of mortality and morbidity, noting that family planning communication and service programs for the community at large will reduce the number of abortions.
Free in any quantity to developing-country audiences; $2 each for all others. English and Spanish; September 1997; 32 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Health in Emergency Situations; Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
Contraception and Fertility in Zimbabwe: Family Planning Services and Education Make a Difference
Population Matters Program, RAND
Focus: Zimbabwe
Since achieving independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has invested heavily in public infrastructure. A large share of that investment has been allocated to the provision of social services, particularly health and education. Zimbabwe's family planning program has expanded dramatically, and today the knowledge of contraceptives is virtually universal.
Contact RAND for publication cost. English; 1996; 6 pages.
Contraceptive Choice: Worldwide Access to Family Planning
Population Action International
Focus: Global
Highlights the progress countries have made in expanding access to contraception while detailing the gaps that remain. Ranks developed and developing countries according to the availability of a variety of contraceptive methods.
Cost is $6. English, French, and Spanish; 1997; 1-page wallchart.
Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World
National Research Council, Committee on Population
Focus: Developing countries
Examines the links between women's education and fertility in the developing world.
Limited quantities available free from the Committee on Population; price to be determined by the National Academy Press. English; 1998; Number of pages to be determined. (Also addresses: Adolescents)
Data Brief on Women and AIDS: The National Facts
Center for Women Policy Studies
Focus: United States
This data brief includes the most recent statistics and information on HIV/AIDS and women. Updated regularly.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $2 for all others. English; 1998; 2 pages.
Defining a Reproductive Health Package for India
Population Council
Focus: India
The focus of health programs should change from a population control approach of reducing numbers to an approach that is gender-sensitive and responsive to the reproductive health needs of the client. This paper discusses the rationale for particular services in India's national program.
Single copies free of charge. English; 1995; 67 pages.
A Demonstration Project to Evaluate the Acceptability of Emergency Contraception to Health Care Providers and Consumers: Final Report
Pacific Institute for Women's Health
Focus: United States
Final report of a project carried out by the Pacific Institute and Kaiser Permanente of Southern California to introduce emergency contraception (EC) into 13 clinics in San Diego County, California. Presents findings from a pre- and post-implementation survey of health providers on knowledge and attitudes regarding EC, and interviews with 248 women who received EC through the project.
Free of charge to developing-country audiences; $8.50 to all others. English; November 1998; 15 pages.
The Design and Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Programs
Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University
Focus: Global
This manual discusses effective strategies for reducing maternal mortality in developing countries. It demonstrates how process indicators can be developed for use in needs assessments and program monitoring and evaluation. The appendices are composed of forms that can be used in gathering quantitative and qualitative information.
Single copies are free to developing-country audiences; $10 for all others. English and French; 1997; 66 pages.
Effects of an Entertainment-Education Radio Soap Opera on Family Planning Behavior in Tanzania
Population Communications International
Focus: Tanzania
Presents the results of a five-year long experimental field study of the effects of an entertainment-education radio soap opera on the adoption of family planning. Data include: (1) approximately 15,000 personal interviews; (2) Demographic and Health Survey data; (3) clinic attendance at 70 clinics; (4) approximately 3,500 clinic intake interviews; (5) content analysis of the soap opera; (6) focus group discussions; and (7) analysis of listener letters. The findings support the hypothesis that the soap opera promoted spouse discussion about family planning, and use of family planning methods.
Cost is to be determined. English; 1998; 59 pages.
"Egypt's Gold Star Program: Taking Quality National" COMMUNICATION IMPACT!
Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
Focus: Egypt
A unique partnership between the Ministry of Health & Population (MOHP) and the Ministry of Information in support of the MOHP Quality Improvement Program (QIP). The partnership promotes family planning providers by showing the level of counseling and care that clients should expect to receive at QIP clinics. Promotes family planning services by emphasizing standards of quality treatment and good management, and introduces the "Gold Star" as a recognizable symbol of MOHP/QIP quality services.
Free to developing-country audiences; $2 for all others. English; 1999; 2 pages.
Expanding the Availability and Improving Delivery of Natural Family Planning Services and Fertility Awareness Education: Providers Perspectives
Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
Focus: Developing countries
Despite the benefits of Natural Family Planning (NFP) and fertility awareness, few programs offer these services. Interviews were conducted with providers to determine why NFP and fertility awareness education are not offered by family planning programs and how to improve NFP services. Suggestions for integrating NFP and fertility awareness education into programs are included.
Cost is $5 for developed countries; free for developing-country audiences. English; 1997; 7 pages.
Family Planning in Developing Countries: An Unfinished Success Story
Population Matters Program, RAND
Focus: Global
An issue paper that summarizes the key findings of The Value of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries while expanding on several key issues, including population momentum and the large youth cohort entering their childbearing years as the year 2000 nears. Focuses on the importance of donor countries, specifically the United States, in ensuring the success of family planning programs.
Contact RAND for publication cost. English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Arabic; 1998; 6 pages.
Family Planning Saves Lives
Population Reference Bureau
Focus: Global
Describes the health benefits of family planning in a poster and book edition. The poster is in five different versions: Arabic for the Middle East region; English adapted for Africa; English adapted for Asia; French for Francophone Africa; and Spanish for Latin America.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $5 for all others. Arabic, English, French, and Spanish; 1997; 24 pages (book edition).
From Commitment to Action: Meeting the Challenge of ICPD
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Focus: Developing countries
This report assesses the progress made by USAID and its collaborating partners in implementing the Cairo Programme of Action. Featured sections include the role of USAID in: providing technical leadership; expanding access to, and improving quality of, family planning and reproductive health services; empowering women and advancing gender equity; and promoting partnerships with the private sector.
Free of charge. English; January 1999; 40 pages.
Health Workers for Change: A Manual to Improve Quality of Care
Women's Health Project
Focus: Developing countries
Developed in South Africa and tested and evaluated in 10 countries, this manual consists of techniques that involve health workers to identify factors that deter the delivery of care and to formulate solutions.
Cost is 35 Rands. English; 1995; 65 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
HIV/AIDS Policy Compendium
The Futures Group International, POLICY Project
Focus: Global
Database containing documents that describe national policies or international resolutions pertaining to HIV/AIDS, including a bibliography of more than 90 source documents. The database can be accessed via the Internet, CD-ROM, or diskette.
Free of charge. English; 1998.
Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and Their Reproductive Experiences
The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Focus: Global
Examines aspects of childbearing that women worldwide share, including the extraordinary lengths to which they go to control their own fertility. Presents data for 38 developing countries from The Alan Guttmacher Institute analyses of the Demographic and Health Surveys, plus comparable information on China, France, Japan, and the United States.
Free to delegates; $20 for all others. English, French, and German; 1995; 56 pages.
Implementing Family Planning and Women's Health Through Religious Health Networks
Institute for Development Training
Focus: Developing countries
A chartbook suitable for adaptation to overhead transparency presentations. Surveys country location and operational style of Religious Health Networks (RHNs), including strengths and weaknesses. Suggests opportunity for greater utilization and effectiveness of RHNs.
Cost is $5. English; 1998; 26 pages.
Implementing Reproductive Health Awareness: Progress to Date
Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
Focus: Latin America
Reproductive Health Awareness (RHA) is an approach developed by the Institute for Reproductive Health that responds to the Cairo mandate through integration of gender, sexuality, communication, and body awareness into reproductive health programs. RHA also facilitates the introduction of family planning, particularly natural methods. This publication describes experiences in integrating a RHA approach to health, school, and community-based programs.
Cost is $5 for developed countries; free for developing-country audiences. English; 1997; 7 pages.
Improving the Quality of Life: A Key To Population Stabilization
Population Institute
Focus: Global
A Toward the 21st Century monograph that discusses various countries' experiences in reducing mortality and morbidity levels and improving reproductive, maternal, and child health.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $7.25 for all others. English; 1998; 23 pages.
Improving Vasectomy Services in Kenya: Lessons from a Mystery Client Study
AVSC
Focus: Kenya
Study assesses the quality of care provided to male clients at family planning service delivery sites in various regions in Kenya.
Single copies are available free of charge; additional copies free to developing-country audiences. English; 1996; 6 pages.
Issues In Brief: The Role of Contraception in Reducing Abortion
The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Focus: Global
On the use of contraception and its role in reducing abortions worldwide, based on statistics from Hungary, South Korea, the United States, and many other countries.
First copy free; additional copies $1. English; September 1997; 4 pages.
Issues In Brief: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Hamper Development Efforts
The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Focus: Global
Briefing paper outlining the prevalence and incidence of STDs worldwide and their long-term consequences on public health. International statistics of STD infections by region.
First copy free; additional copies $1. English; 1998; 4 pages.
The Latex Condom: Recent Advances, Future Directions
Family Health International
Focus: Global
This book provides a comprehensive review of recent advances in latex condom research regarding effectiveness, manufacturing, quality assurance, performance in human use, acceptability, and user behavior. Written and edited by researchers, product compliance specialists, and policy experts at FHI, it also summarizes future directions for manufacturing, research, and non-latex alternatives.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $15 for all others. English; 1998; 80 pages.
The Legal Status of Emergency Contraception -- A Global Review
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
Focus: Global
This fact sheet focuses on the legal distinction between emergency contraception and abortion. Because emergency contraception operates prior to implantation of the fertilized ovum within the uterine wall, it is distinguishable from abortion, which takes place after implantation. This distinction is recognized in the abortion laws of most countries.
Cost is $2; limited number free to NGOs in developing countries. English; October 1998; 4 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Health in Emergency Situations; Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
Making Pregnancy and Childbirth Safer
Population Reference Bureau
Focus: Global
This four-page factsheet discusses the causes and consequences of maternal mortality and the steps that countries can take to reduce the health risks associated with pregnancy.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $3 for all others. Arabic, English, French, and Spanish; 1998; 4 pages.
Men: Key Partners in Reproductive Health. A Report on the First Conference of French-Speaking African Countries on Men's Participation in Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
Focus: French-Speaking Africa
This document reports on the First Conference of French-Speaking African Countries on Men's Participation in Reproductive Health held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from March 30 to April 3, 1998. It served as a forum for participants to share experiences and lessons learned in the last 10 years about communicating with men on reproductive health issues. The report provides an overview of the conference, including its objectives, deliberations, findings, and results. It offers key recommendations and strategies to improve men's participation in reproductive health in French-speaking Africa.
Free to developing-country audiences; $5 for all others. English and French; 1998; 61 pages.
Operations Research on Postabortion Care: Advances and Challenges
Ipas
Focus: Global
Flier summarizing major findings from operations research on abortion and postabortion care and identifying where research efforts should focus during the next 5 years.
Free of charge. English; 1999; 1 page.
Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research and Data Priorities for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
National Research Council, Committee on Population
Focus: Sub-Saharan Africa
Details the current state of the AIDS epidemic in Africa and what is known about the behaviors that contribute to the transmission of the HIV infection. Describes what research is needed and what is necessary to design more effective prevention programs.
Cost is $39 from the National Academy Press; limited quantities of summary volume available free from the Committee on Population. English; 1996; 368 pages. (Also addresses: Mobilizing Public and Private Resources; Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions
National Research Council, Committee on Population
Focus: Developing countries
Describes magnitude of problems like sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancies, infertility, and other reproductive problems in developing countries, and cost-effective interventions and programs to deal with them.
Cost is $44.95 from the National Academy Press. English; 1997; 328 pages. (Also addresses: Adolescents; Mobilizing Public and Private Resources; Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
Reproductive Health in Policy & Practice: Case Studies from Brazil, India, Morocco, and Uganda
Population Reference Bureau
Focus: Brazil, India, Morocco, Uganda
The report examines how central elements of the ICPD Programme of Action have been translated into action in four developing countries. The case studies review national policy changes, the evolution of specific reproductive health services, and health financing issues. The report also informs donors and policymakers of progress made, obstacles to be overcome, and actions needed for further progress.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $5 for all others. English; 1999; 32 pages.
Reproductive Risk: A Global Update (working title)
Population Action International
Focus: Global
Ranks reproductive health status in 100 countries. Highlights unmet reproductive health care needs, including family planning, maternal health care, and protection from HIV/AIDS and other STIs.
Cost is $6. English, Spanish, and French; June 1999; 1-page wallchart.
Safe Motherhood Action Agenda: Priorities for the Next Decade
Family Care International
Focus: Global
This document summarizes the proceedings of the international Safe Motherhood Technical Consultation held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in October 1998. It details the consensus gained on Safe Motherhood priorities and the best and most cost-effective interventions to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.
Free of charge. English; December 1998.
Setting Priorities in International Reproductive Health Programs: A Practical Framework
Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University
Focus: Global
This book is intended for use in setting priorities in reproductive health programs in developing countries. It establishes a methodology for setting priorities by considering such factors as importance of the problem, efficacy of available interventions, programs requirements, and cultural factors.
Single copies free to developing-country audiences; $10 for all others. English; 1996; 50 pages.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Fact Sheets
Family Care International
Focus: Global
This set of fact sheets covers the following sexual and reproductive health issues: unsafe abortion, contraception, youth and adolescent health, and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Each contains global facts and representative country-level statistics and ends with a summary of relevant commitments that participating governments made during the ICPD.
Free of charge. English, Spanish, and French; 1995; 5 pages.
State Legislators' Action Kit on Women and HIV/AIDS
Center for Women Policy Studies
Focus: United States
A kit that includes policy briefs on a range of HIV/AIDS issues that affect women, including HIV prevention strategies, HIV partner notification and domestic violence, Medicaid eligibility, and reproductive rights.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $18 for all others. English; 1998; 45 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
Structural and Individual Factors Related to the Effectiveness of CBD Promoters in Nicaragua
INTRAH/PRIME
Focus: Nicaragua
An analysis of factors affecting promoter performance and recommendations on areas that need strengthening.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $9 for all others. English (data collection forms in Spanish); 1998; 139 pages. (Also addresses: Mobilizing Public and Private Resources; Population, Environment, and Sustainable Development)
Training Midwives to Provide Postabortion Care Services in Ghana: A Strategy for Improving Women's Access to Emergency Care and Family Planning
Ipas
Focus: Africa/Ghana
Final conclusions and recommendations from an operations research project that examined the safety, feasibility, and acceptability of training and equipping private and public midwives in primary health care facilities to provide postabortion care services. Results show that training midwives improves women's access to services, is feasible and acceptable within the existing health care system, and facilitates community education efforts.
Free of charge. English; 1998; 15 pages.
Unmet Need for Family Planning: Reflecting Women's Perceptions
International Center for Research on Women
Focus: Global
The three studies of unmet need presented in this paper highlight the importance of gaining a deeper understanding of reproductive health issues from women's and men's perspectives.
Free of charge to developing-country audiences; $7.50 for all others. English; 1998; 32 pages.
Vital and Health Statistics -- Surgical Sterilization in the United States: Prevalence and Characteristics, 1965-1995
National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS
Focus: United States
This report presents national data on the prevalence of surgical sterilization from 1965 to 1995 among women ages 15 to 44. Data are shown by type of sterilizing operation and demographic characteristics of the women.
Free of charge; available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/pdf/sr23_20.pdf. English; 1998.
Women's Voices, Women's Lives: The Impact of Family Planning
Family Health International
Focus: Global
This monograph highlights findings from 26 studies and secondary analyses in 14 countries from FHI's five-year Women's Studies Project on the impact of family planning on women's lives. It examines the impact of family planning on women's relationships with family, self-esteem, and participation in the work force and in economic development activities.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $15 for all others. English; 1998; 144 pages. (Also addresses: Adolescents; Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
The World's Abortion Laws 1998
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Focus: Global
This full-color poster illustrates the varying degrees of restrictiveness of the world's abortion laws. Countries included on the map have a population of more than 1 million people.
Cost is $4; limited number free to NGOs in developing countries. English; July 1998; 1-page poster. (Also addresses: Reproductive Rights/Human Rights)
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