Facilitating Large‐scale Transitions to Quality of Care

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Bibliographic Data

ID10797464
AuthorsRuth Simmons (0000-0001-8156-0146, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Joseph Brown (0000-0002-3602-1351), Margarita Díaz (0000-0003-2419-6821)
Year2002
Volume33
Issue1
Pages61-75
Publication date2002-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4465.2002.00061.x
PMID11974420
OpenAlexW2052246218
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited35

In the field of reproductive health, investigation of the transfer of knowledge gained from demonstration and pilot projects to large public‐sector programs typically has not been considered a relevant domain for research or other investigation. This article draws on a range of research in the social sciences and presents two frameworks for understanding the critical attributes of successful expansion of small‐scale innovations. Seven key lessons are developed using examples from family planning where scaling up was an explicit objective, including the early Taichung Study of Taiwan, the Chinese Experiment in Quality of Care, the Bangladesh MCH‐FP Extension Project, the Navrongo Project in Ghana, and the Reprolatina Project in Brazil. Unless small, innovative projects concern themselves from the outset with determining how their innovations can be put to use on a larger scale, they risk remaining irrelevant for policy and program development

Developing country · Domain (mathematical analysis · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Program evaluation · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Scale (ratio · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Policy and Management · Public Administration