Ricardo Vernon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3893398 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ricardo Vernon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ricardo |
| FAMILY NAME | Vernon |
| SIGNATURE | VERNON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Population Council |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Meeting the Family Planning Needs of Postpartum Women
Nurse auxiliaries as providers of intrauterine devices for contraception in Guatemala and Honduras
Nurse auxiliaries staff the majority of primary health service delivery outlets in low-income countries, particularly in rural areas with high unmet need for contraception. Yet often service delivery guidelines prohibit them from providing contraceptive methods such as the intrauterine device (IUD). Operations research in Guatemala and Honduras in 1997-2005, described in this paper, have shown that nurse auxiliaries can provide IUDs in a safe and…
A Test of Alternative Supervision Strategies for Family Planning Services in Guatemala
This report presents results of an operations research project that tested the impact and cost-effectiveness of alternative supervision schemes of reproductive health services in Guatemala. The strategies tested were (1) indirect supervision, in which one of the two annual supervised visits to each health unit was replaced by a one-day meeting at the district level with the supervisor; and (2) self-assessment, in which one supervised visit was re…
Incorporating Aids Prevention Activities into a Family Planning Organization in Colombia
Contraceptive Social Marketing and Community-Based Distribution Systems in Colombia
Three operations research experiments were carried out in three provinces of Colombia to improve the cost-effectiveness of Profamilia's nonclinic-based programs. The experiments tested: (a) whether a contraceptive social marketing (CSM) strategy can replace a community-based distribution (CBD) program in a high contraceptive use area; (b) if wage incentives for salaried CBD instructors will increase contraceptive sales; and (c) whether a speciall…
Meeting the Family Planning Needs of Postpartum Women
Nurse auxiliaries as providers of intrauterine devices for contraception in Guatemala and Honduras
Nurse auxiliaries staff the majority of primary health service delivery outlets in low-income countries, particularly in rural areas with high unmet need for contraception. Yet often service delivery guidelines prohibit them from providing contraceptive methods such as the intrauterine device (IUD). Operations research in Guatemala and Honduras in 1997-2005, described in this paper, have shown that nurse auxiliaries can provide IUDs in a safe and…
Incorporating Aids Prevention Activities into a Family Planning Organization in Colombia
A Test of Alternative Supervision Strategies for Family Planning Services in Guatemala
This report presents results of an operations research project that tested the impact and cost-effectiveness of alternative supervision schemes of reproductive health services in Guatemala. The strategies tested were (1) indirect supervision, in which one of the two annual supervised visits to each health unit was replaced by a one-day meeting at the district level with the supervisor; and (2) self-assessment, in which one supervised visit was re…
Contraceptive Social Marketing and Community-Based Distribution Systems in Colombia
Three operations research experiments were carried out in three provinces of Colombia to improve the cost-effectiveness of Profamilia's nonclinic-based programs. The experiments tested: (a) whether a contraceptive social marketing (CSM) strategy can replace a community-based distribution (CBD) program in a high contraceptive use area; (b) if wage incentives for salaried CBD instructors will increase contraceptive sales; and (c) whether a speciall…
Incorporating Aids Prevention Activities into a Family Planning Organization in Colombia
A Test of Alternative Supervision Strategies for Family Planning Services in Guatemala
This report presents results of an operations research project that tested the impact and cost-effectiveness of alternative supervision schemes of reproductive health services in Guatemala. The strategies tested were (1) indirect supervision, in which one of the two annual supervised visits to each health unit was replaced by a one-day meeting at the district level with the supervisor; and (2) self-assessment, in which one supervised visit was re…
Meeting the Family Planning Needs of Postpartum Women
Nurse auxiliaries as providers of intrauterine devices for contraception in Guatemala and Honduras
Nurse auxiliaries staff the majority of primary health service delivery outlets in low-income countries, particularly in rural areas with high unmet need for contraception. Yet often service delivery guidelines prohibit them from providing contraceptive methods such as the intrauterine device (IUD). Operations research in Guatemala and Honduras in 1997-2005, described in this paper, have shown that nurse auxiliaries can provide IUDs in a safe and…
Family planning (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Research methodology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Developing country (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works)