George B Simmons
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 217375 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | George B Simmons |
| NOMBRES | George B |
| APELLIDO | Simmons |
| FIRMA | SIMMONS G B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Michigan |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1972 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1991 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Family Planning Programs in Rural Bangladesh
The Family Planning Health Services Project in Matlab is often seen as more expensive than similar activities carried out by the government of Bangladesh. At the same time, it as been observed that the project is much more effective. The alleged high cost of the project is said to make it difficult to replicate throughout the nation. Previously, the true costs of the project had not been documented. This study systemically examines the cost of th…
Organizing for Effective Family Planning Programs
Following an introduction chapter general environments (social political cultural and economic) in which family planning (FP) programs operate are discussed. The task environment: a more direct set of factors affecting program activity; and the technological and resource (money; personnel; infrastructure; facilities) environments are also examined. Program management and elements are discussed in terms of context e.g. fitting programs into nation…
Reproductive mortality in developing countries
Reproductive mortality in developing countries. G B SimmonsCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.76.2.131 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Husband-wife Inconsistencies in Contraceptive Use Responses
The reliability of responses in fertility surveys to questions on topics such as contraceptive use has long been a subject of concern. This paper explores one type of response reliability — the consistency between spouses in their responses to questions on use of contraception — using survey and case study data from a sample of rural Indian husbands and wives. The findings suggest that response inconsistencies between husband and wife appear to r…
Fertility in Developing Countries
The contributing authors to this collection presented both theoretical essays and empirical studies. These contributions when taken together provide a broad perspective on the current status of research on the factors which influence fertility in developing countries. Particular attention is focused on microeconomic models of fertility and their relevancy for understanding reproductive behavior is evaluated. Both the consequences and the determin…
Transferring Health and Family Planning Service Innovations to the Public Sector
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has launched a field experiment in two rural thanas of Bangladesh to test the transferability of its successful health and family planning experiment in Matlab to the Ministry of Health and Population Control service system. This paper reviews the Matlab experiment with particular attention to its organization and identifies elements for transfer. The intervention strategy and …
Husband—wife inconsistencies in contraceptive use responses
The reliability of responses in fertility surveys to questions on topics such as contraceptive use has long been a subject of concern. This paper explores one type of response reliability — the consistency between spouses in their responses to questions on use of contraception — using survey and case study data from a sample of rural Indian husbands and wives. The findings suggest that response inconsistencies between husband and wife appear to r…
On the Institutional Analysis of Population Programs
Population programs have remained the stepchildren of the contemporary social science literature on population. They have weathered great hopes, disillusionments, and controversy. Their successes and failures in affecting fertility have received widespread attention. Yet the programs themselves, and their institutional realities, have not been given the sustained and rigorous consideration they deserve. Population programs can influence demograph…
Organization for Change. A Systems Analysis of Family Planing in Rural India
Post-neonatal mortality in Rural India
In this paper we develop and test a theory of childhood mortality after the first month of life. Parents are assumed to have well-defined family size and sex composition objectives and to face severe budget constraints. In this set of circumstances, it is understandable that they will make allocative decisions that will affect the survival probabilities of children. These decisions and the environmental influences on mortality are the basic force…
Neo-natal mortality in South Asia
First-year mortality in rural Uttar Pradesh is characterized by a predominance (60 per cent) of deaths during the first month of life, of which 66 per cent are reported to be due to tetanus. This pattern is not typical of the historical experience of many developed countries and the current experience of some less developed countries where post-neo-natal mortality predominates. To examine this phenomenon, two causal models of neo-natal mortality …
The Dilemma of Family Planning in a North Indian State
An empirical study of the family planning program and its clients in the rural areas of Allahabad Division of Uttar Pradesh in India was undertaken in 1971-1972. While family planning acceptance in this region is low, interviews with villagers and family planning staff suggest that organizational shortcomings of the program may help to explain the low level of acceptance. The reported level of contact between the program field staff and the villa…
Organizing for Government Intervention in Family Planning
Family planning programs have encountered limited success not only because of our incomplete understanding of the sociocultural context of fertility decisions, but because the bureaucratic structures entrusted with the organizing task are overextended. Since the implementing agencies are themselves a complex part of the wider society in which they operate, there are important advantages to using an open systems perspective in the analysis of the …
The Indian Investment in Family Planning
Post-neonatal mortality in Rural India
In this paper we develop and test a theory of childhood mortality after the first month of life. Parents are assumed to have well-defined family size and sex composition objectives and to face severe budget constraints. In this set of circumstances, it is understandable that they will make allocative decisions that will affect the survival probabilities of children. These decisions and the environmental influences on mortality are the basic force…
Neo-natal mortality in South Asia
First-year mortality in rural Uttar Pradesh is characterized by a predominance (60 per cent) of deaths during the first month of life, of which 66 per cent are reported to be due to tetanus. This pattern is not typical of the historical experience of many developed countries and the current experience of some less developed countries where post-neo-natal mortality predominates. To examine this phenomenon, two causal models of neo-natal mortality …
Transferring Health and Family Planning Service Innovations to the Public Sector
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has launched a field experiment in two rural thanas of Bangladesh to test the transferability of its successful health and family planning experiment in Matlab to the Ministry of Health and Population Control service system. This paper reviews the Matlab experiment with particular attention to its organization and identifies elements for transfer. The intervention strategy and …
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Family Planning Programs in Rural Bangladesh
The Family Planning Health Services Project in Matlab is often seen as more expensive than similar activities carried out by the government of Bangladesh. At the same time, it as been observed that the project is much more effective. The alleged high cost of the project is said to make it difficult to replicate throughout the nation. Previously, the true costs of the project had not been documented. This study systemically examines the cost of th…
On the Institutional Analysis of Population Programs
Population programs have remained the stepchildren of the contemporary social science literature on population. They have weathered great hopes, disillusionments, and controversy. Their successes and failures in affecting fertility have received widespread attention. Yet the programs themselves, and their institutional realities, have not been given the sustained and rigorous consideration they deserve. Population programs can influence demograph…
Organizing for Government Intervention in Family Planning
Family planning programs have encountered limited success not only because of our incomplete understanding of the sociocultural context of fertility decisions, but because the bureaucratic structures entrusted with the organizing task are overextended. Since the implementing agencies are themselves a complex part of the wider society in which they operate, there are important advantages to using an open systems perspective in the analysis of the …
Husband—wife inconsistencies in contraceptive use responses
The reliability of responses in fertility surveys to questions on topics such as contraceptive use has long been a subject of concern. This paper explores one type of response reliability — the consistency between spouses in their responses to questions on use of contraception — using survey and case study data from a sample of rural Indian husbands and wives. The findings suggest that response inconsistencies between husband and wife appear to r…
The Indian Investment in Family Planning
Organizing for Government Intervention in Family Planning
Family planning programs have encountered limited success not only because of our incomplete understanding of the sociocultural context of fertility decisions, but because the bureaucratic structures entrusted with the organizing task are overextended. Since the implementing agencies are themselves a complex part of the wider society in which they operate, there are important advantages to using an open systems perspective in the analysis of the …
The Dilemma of Family Planning in a North Indian State
An empirical study of the family planning program and its clients in the rural areas of Allahabad Division of Uttar Pradesh in India was undertaken in 1971-1972. While family planning acceptance in this region is low, interviews with villagers and family planning staff suggest that organizational shortcomings of the program may help to explain the low level of acceptance. The reported level of contact between the program field staff and the villa…
Neo-natal mortality in South Asia
First-year mortality in rural Uttar Pradesh is characterized by a predominance (60 per cent) of deaths during the first month of life, of which 66 per cent are reported to be due to tetanus. This pattern is not typical of the historical experience of many developed countries and the current experience of some less developed countries where post-neo-natal mortality predominates. To examine this phenomenon, two causal models of neo-natal mortality …
Post-neonatal mortality in Rural India
In this paper we develop and test a theory of childhood mortality after the first month of life. Parents are assumed to have well-defined family size and sex composition objectives and to face severe budget constraints. In this set of circumstances, it is understandable that they will make allocative decisions that will affect the survival probabilities of children. These decisions and the environmental influences on mortality are the basic force…
On the Institutional Analysis of Population Programs
Population programs have remained the stepchildren of the contemporary social science literature on population. They have weathered great hopes, disillusionments, and controversy. Their successes and failures in affecting fertility have received widespread attention. Yet the programs themselves, and their institutional realities, have not been given the sustained and rigorous consideration they deserve. Population programs can influence demograph…
Organization for Change. A Systems Analysis of Family Planing in Rural India
Transferring Health and Family Planning Service Innovations to the Public Sector
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has launched a field experiment in two rural thanas of Bangladesh to test the transferability of its successful health and family planning experiment in Matlab to the Ministry of Health and Population Control service system. This paper reviews the Matlab experiment with particular attention to its organization and identifies elements for transfer. The intervention strategy and …
Husband—wife inconsistencies in contraceptive use responses
The reliability of responses in fertility surveys to questions on topics such as contraceptive use has long been a subject of concern. This paper explores one type of response reliability — the consistency between spouses in their responses to questions on use of contraception — using survey and case study data from a sample of rural Indian husbands and wives. The findings suggest that response inconsistencies between husband and wife appear to r…
Husband-wife Inconsistencies in Contraceptive Use Responses
The reliability of responses in fertility surveys to questions on topics such as contraceptive use has long been a subject of concern. This paper explores one type of response reliability — the consistency between spouses in their responses to questions on use of contraception — using survey and case study data from a sample of rural Indian husbands and wives. The findings suggest that response inconsistencies between husband and wife appear to r…
Fertility in Developing Countries
The contributing authors to this collection presented both theoretical essays and empirical studies. These contributions when taken together provide a broad perspective on the current status of research on the factors which influence fertility in developing countries. Particular attention is focused on microeconomic models of fertility and their relevancy for understanding reproductive behavior is evaluated. Both the consequences and the determin…
Reproductive mortality in developing countries
Reproductive mortality in developing countries. G B SimmonsCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.76.2.131 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Organizing for Effective Family Planning Programs
Following an introduction chapter general environments (social political cultural and economic) in which family planning (FP) programs operate are discussed. The task environment: a more direct set of factors affecting program activity; and the technological and resource (money; personnel; infrastructure; facilities) environments are also examined. Program management and elements are discussed in terms of context e.g. fitting programs into nation…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Family Planning Programs in Rural Bangladesh
The Family Planning Health Services Project in Matlab is often seen as more expensive than similar activities carried out by the government of Bangladesh. At the same time, it as been observed that the project is much more effective. The alleged high cost of the project is said to make it difficult to replicate throughout the nation. Previously, the true costs of the project had not been documented. This study systemically examines the cost of th…
Population (10 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (9 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Demography (7 obras) · Economic growth (7 obras) · Economics (7 obras) · Family planning (7 obras) · Business (6 obras) · Environmental health (6 obras)