Benefits of family planning: An assessment of women's knowledge in rural Western Kenya

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Mutombo, Namuunda ^a   Bakibinga, Pauline ^a   Mukiira, Carol ^a   Kamande, Eva ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897524133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004643     Document Type: Article

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