Socio-demographic characteristics of family planning clients and their possible influence on contraception in Malawi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-46

  Lema, V M ^a,c   Mtimavalye, L A R ^a   Msiska, F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Oueen Elizabeth Ctrl Teach Hosp   (Malawi)

^c NONE   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS; FAMILY PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACCEPTORS; ACCEPTORS, NEW; ADOLESCENTS; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING CENTERS; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY SIZE, DESIRED; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; MALAWI; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAWI; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MALAWI;

EID: 0031826988     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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