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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Direct and judgmental measures of family planning program inputs.

AUTHORS

Mauldin WP; Ross JA; Kekovole J; Barkat-e-Khuda; Barkat A

SOURCE

STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING. 1995 Sep-Oct;26(5):287-95.

ABSTRACT

Two different approaches were compared to measure the strength of family planning programs in Bangladesh and

Kenya. The judgmental approach has been used in a number of studies in the past two decades: scores on the

characteristics of family planning programs are derived from the responses given by knowledgeable persons to a

series of questions. The direct approach obtains measures of key program inputs based on direct evidence. The

sources for the two measures were leaders' favorable statement, use of the civil bureaucracy, multiministry and

agency involvement, import law and regulations, involvement of private sector agencies budgets, and social

marketing. Of the 16 feasible variables, scores were obtained for 13 in Bangladesh and for all 16 in Kenya. In

addition, scores were also developed for 11 other variables in Bangladesh and 6 others in Kenya. In Bangladesh,

the total program effort score for 1993 for both the direct and the judgmental approaches was 72%; while in Kenya the

scores differed substantially: 61% for the direct approach and 53% for the judgmental approach. In Bangladesh, the

1993 direct score was 73% of the maximum, above the judgmental score of 67%. In Kenya, the direct score for the

feasible variables was 64%, above the judgmental score of 55%. There was a definite decline in effort in

Bangladesh from 1989 to 1993 (75% to 67%) and a mild one in Kenya (59% to 55%). However, the full set showed

little change in Bangladesh (74% to 72%) and essentially no change in Kenya (54% to 53%). The family planning

program in Bangladesh was pushed vigorously in the late 1980s; however, the intensity lessened in the latter part of

1991 until 1993. The primary advantage of the judgmental approach is that scores can be obtained for a larger

number of countries at much lower cost than by the direct approach. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2541-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Direct and judgmental measures of family planning

program inputs.", is(are) Mauldin WP; Ross JA; Kekovole J; Barkat-e-Khuda; Barkat A. The source of this article

is "STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING. 1995 Sep-Oct;26(5):287-95.". This article was published in 1995 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2541-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7541

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