| Journal: | Población y salud en Mesoamérica |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000321009 |
| ISSN: | 1659-0201 |
| Authors: | Hermalin, Albert I1 |
| Institutions: | 1University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Estados Unidos de América |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Season: | Jul-Dic |
| Volumen: | 1 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 1-37 |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Aplicado |
| Spanish abstract | This paper is a slightly revised version of a paper prepared for the seminar on methods for impact evaluation of family planning programs held in Jaco, Costa Rica, May 14-16, 1997. The seminar was sponsored by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Carolina Population Center of the University of North Carolina, and the Central American Population Program of the University of Costa Rica. The goal of the seminar was to look at current methodological problems facing careful evaluation of the impact of programs, to examine some of the new methods that have been developed to address persistent issues, and to assess the methodological challenges posed by the expanded goals of many programs following the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. This paper was designed to serve as the background to discussions of current methodologies and issues by tracing the development and nature of methods for assessing impact that started soon after the first programs were initiated in the 1950s. The techniques discussed include standardization and trend analysis, the analyses of acceptor data, experimental designs, multivariate areal analysis, population-based surveys, and multilevel strategies. The intent of the program sponsors and coordinators was to publish the collected papers but various contingencies intervened to make this infeasible. A description of the seminar and many of the papers are maintained on the University of Costa Rica website: http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/noticias/plani/iusspi.htm As a background chapter, the original version contained references to many of the other chapters planned for the volume. As many of these papers appear on the website, relevant references are given to the authors and this website throughout the paper |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Demografía |
| Keyword: | Salud pública, Políticas demográficas, Planificación familiar, Programas de salud, Política social, Evaluación de programas, Métodos de evaluación, Mercadotecnia |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Demography, Public health, Demographic policies, Family planning, Health programs, Social policy, Program evaluation, Evaluation methods, Marketing |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
