Childbearing and contraceptive decision making amongst afghan men and women: A qualitative analysis

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 935-953

  Haider, Sadia ^a   Todd, Catherine ^b   Ahmadzai, Malalay ^c   Rahimi, Shakira ^d   Azfar, Pashtoon ^e   Morris, Jessica L ^f   Miller, Suellen ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c WHO Afghanistan Country Office   (Afghanistan)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^e JHPIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AFGHANISTAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 70449637799     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330903052129     Document Type: Article

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