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March 2013

Women Who Dare: Fostering Gender Equality and Addressing Violence Against Women

This Spring 2013 edition of Pathways explores Pathfinder's gender equality work through the stories of women like Deolinda, a young advocate and female condom user, and Celia, a nurse and family planning advocate empowering women in Matola, Mozambique.

October 2012

Support for Scale-Up of Comprehensive Abortion Care in Northern Ghana-Technical Update

This technical update discusses Pathfinder's global CAC approach and experience in Ghana, as well as the government's recent endorsement to scale up the approach in the north.

March 2013

Addressing Unmet Need for Contraception Among HIV-Positive Women

This baseline study was conducted to assess the performance of the ARISE (Enhancing HIV Prevention for At-Risk Populations) project in Uganda.

Focus Area
Contraception & Family Planning
HIV & AIDS
Region
Africa
Country
Uganda
Year
2013
January 2013

PRACHAR: Advancing Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in India

This technical brief summarizes the evolution of PRACHAR, describes the intervention model and key evaluation results that informed each phase, and highlights next steps for dissemination and advocacy based on 11 years of project learning.

Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Advocacy
Behavior Change
Contraception & Family Planning
Gender
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Region
Asia
Country
India
Year
2013
July 2012

Strengthening Strategic Health Information Systems in Kenya's North Eastern Province

This technical brief discusses steps taken by the project to meet challenges to the use of strategic health information in Kenya’s North Eastern Province, and provides recommendations for future similar efforts in comparable contexts.

Focus Area
HIV & AIDS
Systems Strengthening
Region
Africa
Country
Kenya
Year
2012
January 2012

The Effect of Reproductive Health Communication Interventions on Age at Marriage and First Birth in Rural Bihar, India

This paper describes the results of a survey of participants in an adolescent education program implemented by the PRACHAR project in rural Bihar.

Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Contraception & Family Planning
Maternal & Newborn Health
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Region
Asia
Country
India
Year
2012
Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Contraception & Family Planning
HIV & AIDS
Region
Africa
Country
Tanzania
Year
2011
August 2011

Enhancing Reproductive Rights to Reduce Violence Against Women in Gaza Province, Mozambique

This study assesses the level of knowledge and attitudes toward Violence Against Women among community members in targeted communities in Gaza Province, Mozambique at baseline.

Focus Area
Gender
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Region
Africa
Country
Mozambique
Year
2011
January 2010

A Reproductive Health Communication Model That Helps Improve Young Women's Reproductive Life and Reduce Population Growth: The Case of PRACHAR from Bihar, India

This paper shows that culturally acceptable and community-focused interventions geared to young people can help increase age of marriage, increase contraceptive use among young couples, and provide populations better access to reproductive health services.

Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Contraception & Family Planning
Maternal & Newborn Health
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Region
Asia
Country
India
Year
2010
January 2010

The Role of Pregnancy Outcomes in the Maternal Mortality Rates of Two Areas in Matlab, Bangladesh

Matlab, a subdistrict of Bangladesh, is well known for its Demographic Surveillance System (DSS) and its Maternal Child Health Family Planning (MCH-family planning) project, which provides intensive family planning and maternal and child health services.

Focus Area
Contraception & Family Planning
Maternal & Newborn Health
Region
Asia
Country
Bangladesh
Year
2010
January 2009

Demographic, Programmatic, and Socioeconomic Correlates of Maternal Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh

This study uses longitudinal data from the Matlab Demographic Surveillance System to investigate factors commonly believed to increase maternal mortality risk: too young, too short, a birth interval,too many children, and too old.

Focus Area
Maternal & Newborn Health
Region
Asia
Country
Bangladesh
Year
2009
January 2009

Assessment of Kenyan Sexual Networks: Collecting evidence for interventions tor educe HIV/STI risk in Garissa, North Eastern Province, and Eastleigh, Nairobi

This paper presents evidence supporting the theory that the population of North Eastern province has sexual behaviors comparable to key populations in other areas of Kenya.

Focus Area
HIV & AIDS
Region
Africa
Country
Kenya
Year
2009
July 2008

The effects of pregnancy spacing on infant and child mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: How they vary by the type of pregnancy outcome that began the interval

In this paper, four authors, including Pathfinder's Mizanur Rahman, examined longitudinal data on over 125,000 live births in Matlab, Bangladesh to assess the effects of duration of intervals between pregnancy outcomes on infant and child mortality.

Focus Area
Maternal & Newborn Health
Region
Asia
Country
Bangladesh
Year
2008
July 2007

Effects of interpregnancy interval and outcome of the preceding pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes in Matlab, Bangladesh

A total of 66,759 pregnancy outcomes that occurred between 1982 and 2002 were examined by the four authors including Pathfinder's Mizanur Rahman.

Focus Area
Maternal & Newborn Health
Region
Asia
Country
Bangladesh
Year
2007
January 2007

Community Pathways to Improved Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealtH: A Conceptual Framework and Suggested Outcome Indicators

A paper developed by the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG), advocates for a better articulation of community-involvement processes and for more comprehensive measures of outcomes of community-involvement interventions.

Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Contraception & Family Planning
Region
Global
Year
2007
January 2006

Conducting In-Depth Interviews: A Guide for Designing and Conducting In-Depth Inteviews for Evaluation Input

In-depth interviewing is a qualitative research technique that involves conducting intensive individual interviews with a small number of respondents to explore their perspectives on a particular idea, program, or situation.

Focus Area
Systems Strengthening
Region
Global
Year
2006
January 2006

Preparing a Case Study: A Guide for Designing and Conducting a Case Study for Evaluation Input

A case study is a story about something unique, special, or interesting stories can be about individuals, organizations, processes, programs, neighborhoods, institutions, and even events.

Focus Area
Systems Strengthening
Region
Global
Year
2006
January 2005

Promoting Change in the Reproductive Behavior of Youth, Pathfinder International's PRACHAR Project, Bihar, India

This report offers a detailed overview of the PRACHAR project's successful efforts to reduce early marriage, to delay childbirth among young women, and to space subsequent births.

Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Behavior Change
Region
Asia
Country
India
Year
2005
Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Region
Global
Year
2001
Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Region
Global
Year
2001
Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Region
Global
Year
2001
Focus Area
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Region
Global
Year
2001
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