Challenges addressing unmet need for contraception: Voices of family planning service providers in Rural Tanzania

African Journal of Reproductive Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 23-30

  Baraka, Jitihada ^a   Rusibamayila, Asinath ^a,b   Kalolella, Admirabilis ^a   Baynes, Colin ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Provider perspectives; Quality of care; Tanzania; Unmet need for family planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; TANZANIA;

EID: 84960800036     PISSN: 11184841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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