Improvement of population program and policy design

UNC"S POPULATION CENTER WILL ADAPT MODERN METHODS OF ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS TO THE SPECIAL SOCIO-TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OF FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM DESIGN AND WILL APPLY THESE METHODS TO FP PROGRAMS IN ONE US STATE AND FOUR DEVELOPING NATIONS. NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE US SITE. INDIA, TAIWAN, AND CHILE ARE UNDER CONSISERATION AS OVERSEAS SITES. ACTUAL PROGRAM OPERATIONS WILL BE ANALYZED IN AREAS IN WHICH RELATIVE SUCCESS HAS BEEN JUDGED. PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT WILL RELATE TO INSTRUMENTAL FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS CONTRACEPTIVE DELIVERY, INFORMATION SERVICES, PROMOTION/MOTIVATION, ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL, TRAINING, AND RESEARCH. FIELD TRIALS WILL BE DEVELOPED, BASED ON THESE PROPOSALS, AND WILL INVOLVE BOTH UNC AND HOST COUNTRY AGENCIES. SPECIFIC TRAINING ACTIVTIEIS INVOLVING HOST COUNTRY STAFF WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DIFFUSE RESULTS OF ANALYSIS AND FIELD TESTS, AND AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DISCUSS FINDINGS AND PRODUCE RELATED REPORTS AND MANUALS. ANALUSIS WILL FIRST BE SYNTHESIZED INTO A SET OF GENERAL PROGRAM ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS TO FOSTER TRANSFER OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND LATER PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS.