A Test of Alternative Supervision Strategies for Family Planning Services in Guatemala
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10796975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ricardo Vernon (Population Council, corresponding author), Anne Staunton, Mario Garcia (0009-0002-0432-8153), Juan Jose Arroyo, Juan José Granados Arroyo, Raul Rosenberg |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 232 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2137906 |
| PMID | 7985217 |
| OpenAlex | W1992504415 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
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 replaced by a two-day workshop where participants filled out self-assessment checklists identifying quality of care problems and made a plan to solve identified problems during the following months. Health units in the two experimental groups showed greater increases in productivity than units receiving traditional supervision. In both alternative strategies, supervisors were able to reach a larger proportion of health units and service providers than through the traditional supervision system. The supervised cost per unit was also lower in the two experimental groups than in the control group. Few differences were observed between the experimental and control groups in terms of the satisfaction of service providers with their jobs and of clients with services received
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
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| Citation span | 1998 - 2014 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |