SynthesisStudies in family planning2011
What works in family planning interventions: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Studies in family planning, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
98 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Strategies and Best Practices That Enhance the Physical Activity Levels of Undergraduate University Students: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Effective strategies for increasing the uptake of modern methods of family planning in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Implementation strategies, facilitators, and barriers to scaling up and sustaining demand generation in family planning, a mixed-methods systematic review.BMC women's health · 2023Pooled it
- Demand creation for HIV testing services: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Generating and capitalizing on the demographic dividend potential in sub-Saharan Africa: a conceptual framework from a systematic literature review.Gates open research · 2020Pooled it
- Community-Based Financing of Family Planning in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.Studies in family planning · 2016Pooled it
- Economic Evaluation of Family Planning Interventions in Low and Middle Income Countries; A Systematic Review.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
- Behaviour change techniques and contraceptive use in low and middle income countries: a review.Reproductive health · 2015Pooled it
- Community Education for Family Planning in the U.S.: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2015Pooled it
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- Developing a Digital Marketplace for Family Planning: Pilot Randomized Encouragement Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
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- Assessing implementation of the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) framework in North Aceh District, Indonesia: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Family planning exemplar country selection methodology: time lag and trends analysis.BMJ global health · 2026Article
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- Thirty years of 'strange bedmates': The ICPD and the nexus of population control, feminism, and family planning.Population studies · 2025Article
- Lessons from the scale-up of provider-administered and self-injection of DMPA-SC in Nigeria: a landscape assessment.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Impact of integrating family planning with maternal and child health on uptake of contraception: A quasi-experimental study in rural, Sindh, Pakistan.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
This study presents findings from a systematic review of evaluations of family planning interventions published between 1995 and 2008. Studies that used an experimental or quasi-experimental design or used another approach to attribute program exposure to observed changes in fertility or family planning outcomes at the individual or population levels were included and ranked by strength of evidence. A total of 63 studies met the inclusion criteria. The findings from this review are summarized in tabular format by the type of intervention (classified as supply-side or demand-side). About two-thirds of the studies found were evaluations of programs focusing on demand generation. Findings from all programs revealed significant improvements in knowledge, attitudes, discussion, and intentions. Program impacts on use of contraceptives and use of family planning services were less consistently found, and fewer than half of the studies that measured fertility or pregnancy-related outcomes found an impact. Based on the review findings, we identify promising programmatic approaches and propose directions for future evaluation research of family planning interventions.
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