Facilitating Large‐scale Transitions to Quality of Care

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10797464
AutoresRuth Simmons (0000-0001-8156-0146, University of Michigan, autor correspondente), Joseph Brown (0000-0002-3602-1351), Margarita Díaz (0000-0003-2419-6821)
Ano2002
Volume33
Fascículo1
Páginas61-75
Data de publicação2002-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4465.2002.00061.x
PMID11974420
OpenAlexW2052246218
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas35

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