Developing mHealth messages to promote postmenstrual regulation contraceptive use in Bangladesh: Participatory interview study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Eckersberger, Elisabeth ^a,b   Pearson, Erin ^a,c   Andersen, Kathryn ^a   Hossain, Altaf ^d   Footman, Katharine ^b   Biswas, Kamal Kanti ^a   Nuremowla, Sadid ^e   Reiss, Kate ^b,f  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Bangladesh Assoc Prev Septic A   (Bangladesh)

^e House 6/2   (Bangladesh)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bangladesh; Contraception; Family planning; MHealth; Reproductive health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061053136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.6969     Document Type: Article

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