An assessment of the quality of advice provided by patent medicine vendors to users of oral contraceptive pills in urban Nigeria

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-171

  Ujuju, Chinazo ^a   Aadebayo, Samson B ^b   Aanyanti, Jennifer ^a   Oluigbo, Obi ^a   Muhammad, Fatima ^a   Aankomah, Augustine ^c  

^a Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Abuja   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Contraceptives; Mystery client; Nigeria; Oral contraceptive pills; Patent medicine vendors; PPMV; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; NIGERIA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPRIETARY PATENT MEDICINE VENDOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOM SAMPLE; SIMULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84898469305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S57117     Document Type: Article

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