Unintended pregnancy amongst women attending antenatal clinics at the Port Moresby General Hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 360-365

  Sanga, Karen ^a   Mola, Glen ^b   Wattimena, Jeany ^c   Justesen, Aafke ^b   Black, Kirsten ^d  

^a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Garoka Hospital ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Dr M Haulussy (Hospital)   (Indonesia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

birth interval; contraception; postnatal care; pregnancy, unplanned

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; MARRIAGE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906054716     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12219     Document Type: Review

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