Encouraging contraceptive uptake by motivating men to communicate about family planning: The Malawi Male Motivator project

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1089-1095

  Shattuck, Dominick ^a   Kerner, Brad ^b   Gilles, Kate ^a   Hartmann, Miriam ^a   Ng'ombe, Thokozani ^b   Guest, Greg ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALAWI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALAWI; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX EDUCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956343638     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300091     Document Type: Article

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