S Bruce Schearer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5991385 |
|---|---|
| NAME | S Bruce Schearer |
| GIVEN NAMES | S Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Schearer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEARER S B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Value of Focus Group Research for Social Action Programs
In both developed and developing countries, social action programs funded by governments and private foundations provide a wide range of services in health care, education, family planning, agricultural extension work, sanitation, rural development, and other areas. Most of these programs conduct actionoriented research to guide them in designing their service delivery activities to meet people's needs as effectively as possible. Among the techni…
Focus Group and Survey Research on Family Planning in Mexico
A comprehensive marketing research study utilizing focus group and survey research was conducted in Mexico to investigate family planning awareness attitudes and practices among middle and lower class urban and semiurban men and women aged 17-35. For the focus group research 44 sessions were conducted with 6 to 10 participants per group stratified by sex age marital status contraceptive use socioeconomic status and residence. Drawing on the findi…
Contraceptives and Common Sense
Barrier or conventional methods of contraception--those which physically block the passage of sperm into the uterus or chemically inactivate the sperm in the vagina--are an important group of methods which have been too long ignored. A large and sustained effort to develop new and better barrier contraceptives is sensible and necessary. The effectiveness of the barrier methods is reviewed including the condom diaphragm and vaginal spermicides. Al…
Current Efforts to Develop Male Hormonal Contraception
Out of efforts to develop a male contraceptive 3 organizations have conducted major clinical studies. The Population Councils International Committee for Contraception Research tested 7 progestins in 25 dosage regimens using more than 200 male subjects; the National Institute of Child Health and Development did extensive tests of testosterone enanthate in over 160 men in the U.S. and Germany; and WHOs Task Force on Methods for the Regulation of M…
Contraceptives Abroad
Focus Group and Survey Research on Family Planning in Mexico
A comprehensive marketing research study utilizing focus group and survey research was conducted in Mexico to investigate family planning awareness attitudes and practices among middle and lower class urban and semiurban men and women aged 17-35. For the focus group research 44 sessions were conducted with 6 to 10 participants per group stratified by sex age marital status contraceptive use socioeconomic status and residence. Drawing on the findi…
The Value of Focus Group Research for Social Action Programs
In both developed and developing countries, social action programs funded by governments and private foundations provide a wide range of services in health care, education, family planning, agricultural extension work, sanitation, rural development, and other areas. Most of these programs conduct actionoriented research to guide them in designing their service delivery activities to meet people's needs as effectively as possible. Among the techni…
Contraceptives Abroad
Current Efforts to Develop Male Hormonal Contraception
Out of efforts to develop a male contraceptive 3 organizations have conducted major clinical studies. The Population Councils International Committee for Contraception Research tested 7 progestins in 25 dosage regimens using more than 200 male subjects; the National Institute of Child Health and Development did extensive tests of testosterone enanthate in over 160 men in the U.S. and Germany; and WHOs Task Force on Methods for the Regulation of M…
Contraceptives and Common Sense
Barrier or conventional methods of contraception--those which physically block the passage of sperm into the uterus or chemically inactivate the sperm in the vagina--are an important group of methods which have been too long ignored. A large and sustained effort to develop new and better barrier contraceptives is sensible and necessary. The effectiveness of the barrier methods is reviewed including the condom diaphragm and vaginal spermicides. Al…
The Value of Focus Group Research for Social Action Programs
In both developed and developing countries, social action programs funded by governments and private foundations provide a wide range of services in health care, education, family planning, agricultural extension work, sanitation, rural development, and other areas. Most of these programs conduct actionoriented research to guide them in designing their service delivery activities to meet people's needs as effectively as possible. Among the techni…
Focus Group and Survey Research on Family Planning in Mexico
A comprehensive marketing research study utilizing focus group and survey research was conducted in Mexico to investigate family planning awareness attitudes and practices among middle and lower class urban and semiurban men and women aged 17-35. For the focus group research 44 sessions were conducted with 6 to 10 participants per group stratified by sex age marital status contraceptive use socioeconomic status and residence. Drawing on the findi…
Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Family planning (2 works) · Focus (optics (2 works) · Focus group (2 works) · Group (periodic table (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Research methodology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work)