Nonmonetary Commodity Incentives in Family Planning Programs: A Preliminary Trial

Perkin, Gordon W.

doi:10.2307/1965243

Cited by 10 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The first was conducted by the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, in Accra, Ghana, in West Africa in the late 1960’s (Perkin, 1970). At this time, field workers regularly distributed referral slips for the local family planning clinic to women in the community who expressed interest in adopting a family planning method, but few women followed through.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, limitations in the design and execution of each study temper the conclusions that can be drawn. The Perkin (1970) report does not define the target behavior of “accepting family planning,” leaving it unclear exactly what the incentive was contingent on and how noteworthy the results are. Increasing acceptance of longer-term methods such as IUDs or sterilization would be more remarkable than acceptance of methods like condoms and birth control pills, which are frequently used incorrectly and are easily discontinued.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies that exclusively incentivized patient recruiters or family planning service providers were not included (see review of this topic by Cleland and Robinson, 1992). One study in which one of the three conditions included an incentive for patient recruiters was included (Perkin, 1970). Incentive studies where the impact on family planning behaviors was indirect (e.g., pregnancy rates among girls receiving incentives contingent on school attendance (Baird et al, 2010) also were not included.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study was conducted in Accra, Ghana, in West Africa in the late 1960’s. Graphed from data provided in the original manuscript (Perkin, 1970). …”

Section: Figmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Incentives to promote family planning

Heil

Gaalema

Herrmann

2012

Preventive Medicine

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective Over the past 60 years, population control has become an increasingly urgent issue worldwide as a growing population strains already limited resources. The use of financial incentives to promote family planning is an innovative approach that has potential to make a contribution to efforts to better manage population growth. This report reviews eight studies that examined the effect of incentives on family planning. Method Published studies that tested the impact of incentives to promote some aspect of family planning and included an appropriate control or comparison condition were reviewed. Results Incentives have been used to promote attendance at contraceptive education sessions, adoption and continuation of contraceptive methods, sterilization, and to limit family size. All but one of the eight studies reviewed reported positive outcomes, but weaknesses in study design and execution limit the strength of the conclusions that can be drawn. Conclusion Review of this literature suggests that family planning behaviors, like other behaviors, are sensitive to incentives. Given the tremendous need for efficacious interventions in global efforts to manage population growth, further research on this topic using more rigorous experimental methods is warranted.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study was conducted in Accra, Ghana, in West Africa in the late 1960’s. Graphed from data provided in the original manuscript (Perkin, 1970). …”

Section: Figmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Incentives to promote family planning

Heil

Gaalema

Herrmann

2012

Preventive Medicine

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…(62) During the first and third weeks of operation this incentive was offered, while during the second and fourth weeks there were no incentives. During the fifth week, incentives were offered to acceptors and to the field workers in family planning as well.…”

Section: Some Studies Related To the Evaluation Of Specific Techniquementioning

confidence: 99%

Program Planning and Evaluation

1973

Health Education Monographs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Family Planning has been widely recognized and supported as o n e element in a well-planned health service program. Jaffe et U I view family planning as a specific personal health service needed by specific members of the population at specific times in their lives.( 1 ) They state that planning delivery of these specific services may yield methods and approaches significant for more general health planning. Rosa makes a related point, namely: that family planning within the context of a health program that is oriented towards immediate felt needs is likely to be more understandable t o the public than family planning presented a s a population control program with economic justification.(Z) Polgar a n d Kessler have reviewed many aspects of family planning programs from the viewpoint of public health strategies.(3) They consider that most aspects of the administration of family planning services in a health context represent n o more than specialized facets of public health practice common to all health settings. Kessler and Kessler state this more specifically as follows: "Fundamentally, the introduction of family planning into health services involves tasks that are similar t o those faced in introducing and providing any other medical and public health measure. There are problems of administration, the training of staff, relating the new services to the other on-going health activities, team work, developing appropriate health education programmes, selecting specific methods suited t o the community, supply channels, transport, and evaluation."(4) Studies related t o these a n d other program elements will be reviewed below.

show abstract