The Ghana vasectomy initiative: Facilitating client-provider communication on no-scalpel vasectomy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 374-380

  Subramanian, Laura ^a   Cisek, Cindi ^b   Kanlisi, Nicholas ^c   Pile, John M ^a  

^a ENGENDERHEALTH   (United States)

^b Meridian International Center   (United States)

^c EngenderHealth   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Client provider communication; Family planning; Health promotion; Reproductive health; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCALPEL; VASECTOMY;

COMMUNICATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; VASECTOMY;

EID: 78649723977     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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