The eastern barred bandicoot, Perameles gunnii, formerly widespread on the volcanic plains of western Victoria, has been reduced to a single, rapidly-declining, remnant population at Hamilton. Recovery of this critically endangered species has included local management, in an attempt to stabilise the wild population, captive breeding and reintroduction to selected ...

"This paper will discuss the following: why population policies and programs have traditionally focused on women; what the limitations of current male contraceptives are and why research into new methods [has] proved unfruitful; and why these policies and programs would be more productive if they were to direct more attention ...

BACKGROUND: The authors served as external consultants to an academic health science center in the eastern United States to identify current and future space needs in response to reported deficiencies, especially in the medical school. This work established a framework to identify, prioritize, and plan future facility and space improvement ...

"The policy responses of asylum governments to mass influxes of refugees have varied considerably. Focusing on less developed countries, this article explores why some host governments respond in relatively generous ways, while other governments act more restrictively. The policy alternatives available to receiving governments are classified, and a set of ...

This article presents a survey of and recommendations for transition planning assessment for secondary teachers of students with learning disabilities. The author makes a case for redirecting assessment practices in secondary instructional programs to obtain present-level-of-functioning information for IEP planning that extends beyond high school graduation as a single outcome. ...

1. Support of key decision makers is critical to the successful implementation of a corporate wellness program. Therefore, the program implementation plan must be communicated in a format and language readily understood by business people. 2. A business approach to corporate wellness program planning provides a standardized way to communicate ...

Flood control and drainage projects in Bangladesh are intended to give protection from main river floods, flash floods in the east and northeast of the country, and saline intrusion in the lower delta and to improve drainage in order to avoid crop damage. While in some cases such projects have ...

Breastfeeding and its impact on child survival in developing countries have been well documented. Governments are being urged to encourage breastfeeding through legislation and promotional campaigns. The success of promotional programs depends not only on the interventions themselves but on the acceptance and acquisition of the desired knowledge, skills and ...

International development draws on a globalized vision of 'traditional medicine' when constructing country-specific programs that use local practitioners to further health objectives. This paper looks at the tension between this mobile notion of 'the traditional' and the local social ground. Categories such as traditional birth attendant (TBA) and traditional medical ...

In order to reach the grassroots level with family planning information, the Publicity and Education Department of State Family Planning Commission (SFPC) established a network of FP and communication centers in 29 provinces to undertake FP publicity and disseminate educational materials. However, these mechanisms were not far-reaching enough to cover ...

Development projects supported by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be judged by their contribution to the sustainability of the local system. Institutions and their respective responsibilities need to be clearly defined. Management training must be deeply rooted in local activities. Financing must include a realistic plan for meeting long-term needs. Otherwise ...

The Population Education Program of the Non-Formal Education Center has developed a package of Population Education for Special Interest Groups comprising a learning package and fieldworker's guide. The learning package is especially developed for teaching population education for out-of-school populations. Special interest groups in Maldives include newly married couples, adolescents, ...

New program development can be an exciting endeavor when the outcomes are successful. The opportunities for success are increased when an initial four-step planning process is emphasized prior to implementing specific programmatic efforts. This four-step process is called the "pre-start up plan." Included are: mission statement clarification, a stakeholder analysis, ...

Imposing or increasing user fees can move family planning programs toward self-sufficiency. But, economic theory predicts that quantities demanded decrease following price increases; and, that the size of the response depends, all else constant, upon the share of income accounted for by spending on the good or service. This article ...

The Safe Motherhood Initiative has successfully stimulated much interest in reducing maternal mortality. To accelerate programme implementation, this paper reviews lessons learned from the experience of industrial countries and from demonstration projects in developing countries, and proposes intervention strategies of policy dialogue, improved services and behavioural change. A typological approach ...

During the 1980s, Italy expanded its development assistance, soon becoming the fifth largest donor. Italian development cooperation directed much effort to alleviate hunger, malnutrition and their health consequences. This paper provides an evaluation of Italy's fight against world hunger considering the political environment in which the policy was conceived and ...

A reporter for Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) interviews a woman from the Miao ethnic minority in China working as a midwife for a worldwide radio program to be aired on NHK's Radio Japan. The program, for broadcast in August [1994], is one of a five-part series on population issues and ...

OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to determine the level and quality of natural family planning service provided by Roman Catholic Diocese-related programs in the United States. STUDY DESIGN: Programs volunteered quarterly data for five years, using least squares regression we estimated service levels for programs never reporting. RESULTS: From 1988 to ...

This paper reports the results of a 12-month implementation study documenting the process of integrating the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) into a multiple-method family planning service-delivery organization, the Céntro Médico de Orientación y Planificación Familiar (CEMOPLAF), in Ecuador. LAM was introduced as a family planning option in four CEMOPLAF clinics. ...

Abortion in Zambia is liberalized. A hospital based study to determine characteristics of women having legal abortion was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. A total of 200 participants attending a Gynaecological clinic were interviewed from March to May 1993. The clients' five year age groups between 15 ...

Real life experiences were used to put together this list of steps to be followed during the planning and implementation of a formal MRP II planning and control system. Project management and organizational skills are critical to the success of the project. The implementation plan is carried out by a ...

Select population groups are at greater than average risk for cancer incidence and mortality. Lack of experience reaching high-risk populations, particularly those characterized by high proportions of the socioeconomically disadvantaged, presented a challenge to the American Cancer Society (ACS). A partial solution was to integrate outreach to high-risk populations into ...

A montage of ideas and concepts have been successfully used to train and motivate people to use MRP II systems more effectively. This is important today because many companies are striving to achieve World Class Manufacturing status. Closed loop Materiel Requirements Planning (MRP) systems are an integral part of the ...

The author describes a program designed to encourage population dispersal that was carried out in the central Galilee region of Israel during the 1980s. The program involved setting up 52 small communities with the appropriate infrastructures to attract young, well-educated settlers. "The plan succeeded in attracting the desired type of ...

In two rural districts in South India, the contraceptive prevalence rate for all modern family planning methods was 41 percent, and that for all reversible methods was only about 2 percent in 1990. Interviews with 35 health program professionals, 815 currently married women of reproductive age, 136 of their husbands, ...

The population of the developing world is currently expanding at the unprecedented rate of more than 800 million per decade, and despite anticipated reductions in growth during the 21st century, its size is expected to increase from 4.3 billion today to 10.2 billion in 2100. Past efforts to curb this ...

This paper examines the contributions of family planning programs, economic development, and women's status to Indonesian fertility decline from 1982 to 1987. Methodologically we unify seemingly conflicting demographic and economic frameworks into a single "structural" proximate-cause model as well as controlling statistically for the targeted (nonrandom) placement of family planning ...

Several countries have attempted to change human fertility through economic incentives. This paper presents simple mathematical models of the participation of couples in a locally funded program of economic incentives. The models take as a springboard China's one-child program. Localities with low per capita incentives attract few couples to the ...

In Turkey, in spite of the continuing expansion of family planning services, withdrawal continues to be the most popular method of fertility regulation. In 1993, more than 26% of all currently married women were relying on this method of contraception. Studies supported by the Program point to opposition from men ...

Since 1987, the State Resource Center of Jamia Millia Islamia of New Delhi has been implementing a program which integrates population education contents into its literacy education classes for adult learners. Using the core messages on family size, spacing of children, responsible parenthood, right age of marriage, population-related beliefs and ...

The authors "use data from the June 1986 Current Population Survey to investigate nativity and citizenship differences in earnings within the Mexican-origin population in the United States. There is no evidence of any ¿costs' of nativity or citizenship status. Rather, the existing variation appears to be more than explained by ...

A selected annotated bibliography of operations research and program evaluation articles and reports on family planning program activities in Pakistan from 1968-1993. Some thirty references are summarized including study design, methodology, and major findings.

The State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) in Haryana has adopted a stimulating approach in propagating messages of population -- through poetry. Through a project called Students Poetical Symposiums, the first phase convened around 20 teacher poets to participate in a workshop. In this workshop, 300 poems regarding ...

The issue of pricing contraceptives in family planning programs is becoming more and more important. What is the relationship between consumer prices and demand, and how can we strike the correct balance between the two? This report examines the correlation between consumer prices for condoms, expressed as a percentage of ...

In-service program development requires that the individual offering it be familiar with needs assessment techniques and program planning. In order to provide a program appropriate to the audience's needs, the presenter needs first to identify and set goals for the program, identify objectives relevant to the participants' needs, outline the ...

For the last six and a half decades, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has been actively engaged in Public Health issues, ranging from immunization, ORT, maternal and child health care, and has been cooperating with the Government of India in various National Health Programs. Recently, IMA organized a new and ...

The 1993 survey is the first step in a planned, systematic method of eliciting members' opinions, demographic information, and program preferences. The data collected will be used to analyze current programs and services and plan for the future. There are limitations to survey research. Questions may be deleted accidentally or ...

A total quality management (TQM) plan has been instituted by the United States Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base. To determine the feasibility of implementing the same basic TQM plan in a district hospital, a joint industry-government team was established. Five areas of concentration were selected ...

"This paper examines the economic policy implications of international migration and human capital accumulation within a dynamic general equilibrium model. Each country produces by means of physical and human capital of two types (skilled and unskilled labour). Along optimal growth paths in a world of diverging population growth rates immigration ...

The CEDPA Nepal Country Office (NCO), directed by Mana Rana (WIM 5 and S&E 13), has launched an expanded leadership training program for women's NGOs and new service delivery projects under a 5-year grant extension from USAID. With additional support from the UNFPA, the NCO will undertake a new project ...

The Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception (AVSC) does not expect dramatic advances in female sterilization during the decade. Minilaparotomy and laparoscopy will endure as the standard surgical approaches, but programs will continue to shift toward the use of local anesthesia for these procedures because of greater safety and lower costs. ...

According to UN sources, the Gambia is confronting population with renewed vigor. A multi-sectoral population policy was formulated in 1992, taking into account recommendations made by the 1991 joint government and UNFPA Program Review and Strategy Development project. It was approved only after it had been widely discussed in regional ...