Availability of long-acting and permanent family-planning methods leads to increase in use in conflict-affected northern Uganda: Evidence from cross-sectional baseline and endline cluster surveys

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 284-297

  Casey, Sara E ^a   McNab, Shanon E ^a   Tanton, Clare ^b   Odong, Jimmy ^c   Testa, Adrienne C ^d   Lee Jones, Louise ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Marie Stopes Uganda   (Uganda)

^d MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

family planning; humanitarian aid; reproductive health; Uganda; war

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UGANDA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875365460     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.758302     Document Type: Article

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