Women's Sexual Empowerment and Contraceptive Use in Ghana

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-212

  Crissman, Halley P ^a   Adanu, Richard M ^b   Harlow, Siobán D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FAMILY PLANNING; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RELIGION; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

GHANA;

EID: 84866171065     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2012.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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