Professional Summary
Dr. Simmons' research interests include the organization and improvement of public sector family planning and related reproductive health services with special emphasis on the interface between users and programs and quality of care. Of particular interest is the scaling up of successfully tested innovative demonstration projects to regional and national policy and programmatic levels.
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1971
M.A., Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1966
B.A., Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1964
Diploma, University of Heidelberg, 1963
Research Interest & Projects
Dr. Simmons was awarded, together with the World Health Organization Department of Reproductive Health and Research, a three-year grant from the MacArthur Foundation to be the Secretariat of an international network of public health professionals seeking to advance the science and practice of scaling up health innovations (see www.expandnet.net).
Selected Publications
(In press). From Pilot Projects to Policies and Programmes: Practical Guidance for Scaling-up Health Service Innovations.
(2007). Scaling-Up Health Service Delivery: From Pilot Innovations to Policies and Programmes Geneva, World Health Organization.
Scaling-up Reproductive Health Service Innovations: A Framework for Action. In R. Simmons, P. Fajans, & L. Ghiron (Ed.) Scaling-Up Health Service Delivery: From Pilot Innovations to Policies and Programmes. Geneva, World Health Organization.
Fajans, P., Simmons, R., & Ghiron, L. (March 2006). Helping Public Sector Health Systems Innovate: The Strategic Approach for Strengthening Reproductive Policies and Programs. American Journal of Public Health, 96, 435-440.
Simmons, R., Brown, J. W., Diaz, M. (2002). Facilitating Large-Scale Transitions to Quality of Care: An Idea Whose Time Has Come. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 33 No. 1, 61-75.
Gu, B., Simmons, R., Szatkowski, D. (2002). Offering a Choice of Contraceptive Methods in Deqing County, China: Changing Practice in the Family Planning Program Since 1995, in Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning. Population Council, New York.
Pentaedo, L. G., Cabral, F., Diaz, M., Diaz, J., Ghiron, L., Simmons, R. (2001). Organizing a Public-sector Vasectomy Program in Brazil. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 32. No. 4, 315-328.
Diaz, M., Simmons, R., Diaz, J., Gonzalez, C., Makuch, M. Y., Bossemeyer, D. (1999). Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Findings from an Action Research Project in Brazil. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 30, No. 1, 1-16.
Simmons, R. & Fajans, P. (1999). Contraceptive Introduction Reconsidered: A New Methodology for Policy and Program Development. Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 8, No. 2, 163-173.
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