Social and traditional practices and their implications for family planning: A participatory ethnographic study in Renk, South Sudan

Reproductive Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Elmusharaf, Khalifa ^a,b   Byrne, Elaine ^c   O'Donovan, Diarmuid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conflict affected fragile states; Family planning; Maternal health; South Sudan

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; COST OF LIVING; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEAR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUSBAND; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY RATE; NARRATIVE; RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTH SUDAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL NORM; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIAL NORMS; SOUTH SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011825376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0273-2     Document Type: Article

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