Cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with prior contraceptive use among hospitalized obstetric patients in Kabul, Afghanistan

Contraception

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-256

  Todd, Catherine S ^a   Isley, Michelle M ^b   Ahmadzai, Malalay ^c   Azfar, Pashtoon ^d   Atiqzai, Faridullah ^e   Smith, Jeffrey M ^d   Ghazanfar, Sayed Alef Shah ^e   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a   Miller, Suellen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United Nations Childrens Fund Afghanistan Country Office   (Afghanistan)

^d JHPIEGO   (United States)

^e Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^f Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Birth spacing; Contraception; Contraceptive prevalence; Intrapartum; Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRACEPTION; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48949101386     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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