Contraceptive practices in Armenia: Panel evaluation of an Information-Education-Communication Campaign

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2770-2783

  Thompson, Michael E ^a   Harutyunyan, Tsovinar L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Armenia; Behavior change; Family planning; Health communication; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARMENIA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33750076108     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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