Social network associations with contraceptive use among Cameroonian women in voluntary associations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 677-687

  Valente, Thomas W ^a   Watkins, Susan C ^b   Jato, Miriam N ^a   Van Der Straten, Ariane ^a   Tsitsol, Louis Philippe M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Contraceptive use; Diffusion of innovations; Family planning; Social networks; Women's groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CAMEROON; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CAMEROON; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030845107     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00385-1     Document Type: Article

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