CONTENTS
Chapters
- Thirty Years of Family Planning Programs
- Family Planning Demand
- Contraceptive Access
- Choice of Contraceptive Methods
- Client-Centered Quality
- Communication
- Well-Trained Providers
- Program Leadership and Strategic Management
- Research and Evaluation
- Political Commitment
- Financial Resources
Population Reports is published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland
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Volume XXII, Number 2
August, 1994 |
Research and Evaluation
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Family planning programs that analyze their performance
improve their performance. |
Research and evaluation have guided the development and
expansion of family planning programs for the past 30 years.
Research is not just measurement but also a state of mind in
which programs continually examine the assumptions that underlie
their objectives, design, and implementation. Only through
research can programs find and adopt successful approaches to
delivering services.
Three major types of research have benefited family planning
programs: pilot projects and experiments, of which the best known
is probably the Matlab project in Bangladesh; survey research;
and operations research including project evaluation. |
