Family planning practices before and after childbirth in Lusaka, Zambia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 708-713

  Susu, B ^a,d   Ransjo Arvidson A B ^b   Chintu, K ^a   Sundstrom K ^c   Christensson, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c U of Intl Health Care Research   (Sweden)

^d Lusaka School of Nursing   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING SURVEYS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING SURVEYS; RESEARCH REPORT; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0030279624     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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