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Systematic Reviews of Mechanisms for Financing Family Planning: Findings, Implications, and Future Agenda

Year: 2016

Type: review

Abstract: The article describes an international collaboration that systematically reviewed the evidence on financing mechanisms for family planning/contraception, assessed the strength of and summarized the evidence, identified research gaps, and proposed a new research agenda to address the gaps. The review found that the evidence base is weak owing to the paucity of studies, diversity in findings, and variations in intervention, study design, and outcome measures. Of more than 17,000 papers reviewed only 38 met the eligibility criteria. A number of general recommendations on the directions and areas of future research can be drawn. There is a strong need for more robust study designs on the effectiveness of financial incentives in family planning.

Source: Studies in Family Planning

DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12008

Authors: Craig L. Lissner, Moazzam Ali, Study Group on Contraceptive Financing Mechanisms

Institutions: World Bank, World Health Organization

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: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,190