Unmet Need for Family Planning in Ghana: The Shifting Contributions of Lack of Access and Attitudinal Resistance

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-226

  Machiyama, Kazuyo ^a   Cleland, John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS STATUS;

GHANA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902332151     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2014.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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