Management of Community Distribution Programs in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, five high- and five low-performing nongovernmental organization-supported community distribution projects were studied to determine which management, supervisory, and field activities differed between the better and poorer performers. A total of 37 variables were studied, and differen...

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Published in:Studies in family planning 1994-07, Vol.25 (4), p.197-210
Main Authors: Bernhart, Michael H., Kamal, Ghulam M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bangladesh
Birth control
Clinical Competence
Communication
Community based programmes
Contraception
Contraception Behavior
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care - standards
Developing countries
Efficiency, Organizational
Employee supervision
Evaluation
Executive committees
Family planning
Family planning services
Family Planning Services - organization & administration
Family Planning Services - standards
Family policy
Female
Field research
Health Education
Humans
LDCs
Management
Observational research
Organizations, Nonprofit
Pedagogy
Population
Pregnancy
Program Evaluation
Public Relations
Research universities
Side effects
Social research
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Summary:In Bangladesh, five high- and five low-performing nongovernmental organization-supported community distribution projects were studied to determine which management, supervisory, and field activities differed between the better and poorer performers. A total of 37 variables were studied, and differences between the higher- and lower-performing projects were noted for nearly all of the variables. In general, project effectiveness was associated with higher service quality, more proactive field supervision, and greater organizational clarity. No project performed all of the 37 activities well. No one or two variables predicted project success, and none of them was found to be a necessary condition for project success. Higher performance was associated with doing well on many of these variables.
ISSN:0039-3665
1728-4465
DOI:10.2307/2137903