Can private pharmacy providers offer comprehensive reproductive health services to users of emergency contraceptives? Evidence from Nairobi, Kenya

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-373

  Liambila, Wilson ^a   Obare, Francis ^a   Keesbury, Jill ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Emergency contraceptive users; Nairobi, Kenya; Private pharmacy providers; Reproductive health services

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649729767     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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