Factors associated with utilization of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods among married women of reproductive age in Mekelle town, Tigray region, north Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Alemayehu, Mussie ^a   Belachew, Tefera ^b   Tilahun, Tizta ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE STERILIZATION; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VASECTOMY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MALE; MARRIAGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856078262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-6     Document Type: Article

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