Attitudes, beliefs and norms relating to contraceptive use among young migrant and non-migrant adults in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1048-1062

  Irani, Laili ^a,b   Speizer, Ilene ^a,b   Barrington, Clare ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

contraception; rural to urban migration; Tanzania; theory of planned behaviour; urban young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887082593     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.838598     Document Type: Article

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