Provider knowledge about emergency contraception in Ghana

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Steiner, Markus J ^a   Raymond, Elizabeth ^a   Attafuah, John D ^b   Hays, Melissa ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Research International   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; SCIENCE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, POSTCOITAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCOITAL; GHANA; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; WESTERN AFRICA;

CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033957452     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000000997     Document Type: Article

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