Preventing unintended pregnancy among young women in Kenya: Prospective cohort study to offer contraceptive implants

Contraception

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 511-517

  Hubacher, David ^a   Olawo, Alice ^a   Manduku, Carolyne ^b   Kiarie, James ^b   Chen, Pai Lien ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Africa; Comparative effectiveness research; Comparison; Method discontinuation; Prospective cohort study; Short acting hormonal methods; Subdermal contraceptive implants; Unintended pregnancy; Young women

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBDERMAL CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANT; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KENYA; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867065366     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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