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YEAR: 1983

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Operations research in family planning and primary health care: report on a

workshop.

AUTHORS

Columbia University. Center for Population and Family Health [CPFH]

SOURCE

New York, Columbia University, Center for Population and Family Health, 1983

Nov. 18 p. Working Paper No. 5

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the small, informal workshop on operations research, held on May 26, 1983 at the Center for

Population and Family Health (CPFH) of Columbia University, was to bring together people involved in operations

research (OR) on family planning/primary health care (FP/PHC) programs in order to discuss what has been learned

from OR, OR methodology, and directions OR should take in the future. The CPFH utilizes OR as a tool for improving

the delivery of family planning and basic health services. It begins by identifying the problems hindering delivery in

the particular program. Potential solutions are proposed and the research strategy is then built around them. The

objective is to study the effect of the innovations on the program systematically in terms of both how results are

achieved (process analysis) and what the results are (product analysis). The content and methodology of OR vary

with the program being studied and the research questions being posed, as brief descriptions of the OR activites of

CPFH in the Sudan, Thailand, and Brazil demonstrate. Following an overview of OR as perceived and carried out by

the organizations represented, workshop participants divided into work groups for discussion of OR accomplishments

to date, methodologies, and future directions. The discussions cover specific lessons learned from OR thus far,

conditions necessary for productive research, and a variety of other issues. OR in FP/MCH has produced many

important and useful findings. Some of these are general principles of program design and management, such as

the following: offering a variety of contraceptive methods increases utilitzation; increased access to family planning

supplies and information increases utilitzation; and a variety of community based approaches can be effective in

extending services to underserved areas or groups. The processes and priorities of OR are changing: cost

effectiveness studies are becoming more common; research questions are becoming more specific; in Asia and, to

some extent, in Latin America, emphasis is on doing research on innovations within existing programs; and

researchers have begun to deal with the complexity of studying and evaluating integrated health and family planning

programs. In order for OR to produce relevant information, flexibility is needed at a number of levels, particularly in

regard to funding, management, staffing, and design. Several general principles of OR were discussed and

communication needs were identified. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT5T 2057-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Operations research in family planning and primary health

care: report on a workshop.", is(are) Columbia University. Center for Population and Family Health [CPFH]. The

source of this article is "New York, Columbia University, Center for Population and Family Health, 1983 Nov. 18 p.

Working Paper No. 5". This article was published in 1983 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT5T 2057-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 22057

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