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The effectiveness of family planning programs evaluated with true experimental designs.

Year: 1997

Type: article

Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the magnitude of effects for family planning programs evaluated with true experimental designs. METHODS: Studies that used true experimental designs to evaluate family planning programs were identified and their results subjected to meta-analysis. RESULTS: For the 14 studies with the information needed to calculate effect size, the Pearson r between program and effect variables ranged from -.08 to .09 and averaged .08. CONCLUSIONS: The programs evaluated in the studies considered have had, on average, smaller effects than many would assume and desire.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.87.4.666

Author: K E Bauman

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive Health and Contraception

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: United States Agency for International Development, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health