Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: Needs, barriers, and access

Reproductive Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chandra Mouli, Venkatraman ^a   McCarraher, Donna R ^b   Phillips, Sharon J ^a   Williamson, Nancy E ^c   Hainsworth, Gwyn ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

^d Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contraception; Low and middle income countries

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE EAST; MOBILE PHONE; NORTH AFRICA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891855160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-1     Document Type: Review

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