Designing Evidence-Based Family Planning Programs for the Marginalized Community: An Example of Muslim Community in Nepal

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Sapkota, Diksha ^a,b   Adhikari, Shiva Raj ^b,c   Bajracharya, Tara ^d   Sapkota, Vishnu Prasad ^b  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b Institute for Nepal Environment and Health System Development   (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

designing program; family planning; mixed method; Muslim community; Nepal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032173390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00122     Document Type: Article

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