The role of community-based health planning and services strategy in involving males in the provision of family planning services: A qualitative study in Southern Ghana

Reproductive Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Adongo, Philip Baba ^a   Tapsoba, Placide ^b   Phillips, James F ^c   Tabong, Philip Teg Nefaah ^a   Stone, Alison ^c   Kuffour, Emmanuel ^b   Esantsi, Selina F ^b   Akweongo, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Ghana)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based health planning and services; Contraceptive use; Family planning; Male involvement; Reproductive health; Southern Ghana; Spousal communication

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880857674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-36     Document Type: Article

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