Factors influencing the intention of women in rural Ghana to adopt postpartum family planning

Reproductive Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Eliason, Sebastian ^a   Baiden, Frank ^b   Quansah Asare, Gloria ^c   Graham Hayfron, Yvonne ^d   Bonsu, Derek ^e   Phillips, James ^f   Awusabo Asare, Kofi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b Centre for Health Research and Implementation Support   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d Municipal Department of Health Services   (Ghana)

^e Saltpond Government Hospital   (Ghana)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Family planning; Ghana; Male; Postpartum; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BREAST FEEDING; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE CONDOM; GHANA; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; PERCEPTION; POSTPARTUM FAMILY PLANNING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; WOMEN;

EID: 84880334770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-34     Document Type: Article

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