The Long-Term Fertility Impact of the Navrongo Project in Northern Ghana

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-190

  Phillips, James F ^a   Jackson, Elizabeth F ^a   Bawah, Ayaga A ^a   Macleod, Bruce ^b   Adongo, Philip ^c   Baynes, Colin ^a   Williams, John ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH;

GHANA; NAVRONGO; UPPER EAST REGION;

EID: 84866166515     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2012.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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