Barriers to contraceptive use in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 651-659

  Kamau, R K ^a   Karanja, J ^a   Sekadde Kigondu, C ^a,b   Ruminjo, J K ^a   Nichols, D ^c   Liku, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; COUPLES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; COUPLES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FOCUS GROUPS; KENYA; LOW INCOME POPULATION; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030254778     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

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