A scoping review on determinants of unmet need for family planning among women of reproductive age in low and middle income countries

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wulifan, Joseph K ^a,b   Brenner, Stephan ^a   Jahn, Albrecht ^a   De Allegri, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Birth spacing and limiting; Contraception use; Family planning; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84954231477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0281-3     Document Type: Article

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