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Systematic Reviews of Mechanisms for Financing Family Planning: Findings, Implications, and Future Agenda
Author(s) -
Lissner Craig L.,
Ali Moazzam
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
studies in family planning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1728-4465
pISSN - 0039-3665
DOI - 10.1111/sifp.12008
Subject(s) - incentive , family planning , intervention (counseling) , diversity (politics) , business , public economics , actuarial science , finance , public relations , economic growth , political science , medicine , economics , population , research methodology , nursing , environmental health , law , microeconomics
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.