Contraceptive use, birth spacing, and autonomy: An analysis of the oportunidades program in Rural Mexico

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-62

  Feldman, Becca S ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Ezzati, Majid ^c   Peterson, Karen E ^c   Mitchell, Marc ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; BIRTH INTERVAL; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRENATAL CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRENATAL CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 61549110982     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2009.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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