Community based reproductive health interventions for young married couples in resource-constrained settings: A systematic review Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sarkar, Archana ^a   Chandra Mouli, Venkatraman ^b   Jain, Kushal ^a   Behera, Jagannath ^a   Mishra, Surendra Kumar ^a   Mehra, Sunil ^a  

^a Monitoring Evaluation and Research Division MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abortion; Antenatal and postnatal care; Community intervention; Contraception; Reproductive health; Young married couple

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943547423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2352-7     Document Type: Review

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