Barriers to Intrauterine Device Uptake in a Rural Setting in Ghana

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 197-215

  Robinson, Nuriya ^a   Moshabela, Mosa ^b   Owusu Ansah, Lydia ^c   Kapungu, Chisina ^a   Geller, Stacie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Millennium Villages Project   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955371753     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.946511     Document Type: Article

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