Operation research helping family planning programs work better Myrna Seidman (daftar isi): 1. Reviewing or's contributions to helping family planning programs work better: recent lessons from operations research on service delivery mechanisms; 2. Effective family planning service components: global lessons from operations research; 3. Promoting family planning : finding from operations research and program research; 4. Management of family planning programs and operations research; 5. Addressing the family planning program challenges of the 1990s through or: The challenge of the nineties: family planning directions and the role of operations research; 6. Family planning priorities in low-prevalence countries; 7. Demonstrating demand for family planning creating a supportive environment through operations research; 8. Reaching more users: more methods, more outlets, more promotion; 9. Introducing new methods, popularizing available methods, and encouraging correct use and continuation; 10. Improving the quality of care through operations research; 11. Developing partnerships among government, voluntary, and for-profit sectors; 12. Cost-effectiveness and finacial sustainability in family planning operations research; 13. Strengthening the conduct of or: Some suggested future directions for A.I.D. family planning operations research; 14. Technical and other considerations in identifying operations research problem areas, selecting topics, and designing studies; 15. A reconsideration of operations research experimental designs; 16. Process and outcome evaluation: experience with systems analysis in the pricor project; 17. Cost analysis in family planning: operations research projects and beyond; 18. Improving the dissemination and application of or results: Approaches to strengthening the utilization of or results: dissemination; 19. Increasing the application of operations research findings in public sector family planning programs: lessons from the ICDDR,B extension project; 20. What or can learn from marketing approaches; 21. Strengthening the capacity of collaborating institutions: Strengthening collaborating institutions: the role of tachnical assistance in the family planning operations research program; 22. The institutionalization of operations research; 23. The integration of IEC into family planning programs: lessons applicable to operations research; 24.