Private medical providers' knowledge and practices concerning medical abortion in Nigeria.

abstract：:An 18 month follow-up of the breastfeeding and postpartum contraceptive use patterns of 253 women in south Lebanon served by a community-based family planning services program has suggested an independent negative relationship between the duration of breastfeeding and the pattern of starting contraception postpartum. ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Zurayk H

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents findings from three opinion surveys conducted among representative samples of Mexico City residents: the first one immediately prior to the groundbreaking legalization of first-trimester abortion in April 2007, and one and two years after the reform. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were perfo...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Wilson KS,García SG,Díaz Olavarrieta C,Villalobos-Hernández A,Rodríguez JV,Smith PS,Burks C

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Completion of secondary school is increasingly viewed as a desirable life goal for young men and women in urban Kenya. Yet achieving this goal often conflicts with other key transitions to adulthood, such as becoming sexually active, marrying, having children, and finding employment. Drawing upon exceptionally rich li...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Clark S,Mathur R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents results from the 1997 Jordan Population and Family Health Survey (JPFHS) that was conducted by the Department of Statistics, Amman, Jordan, within the framework of the Demographic and Health Survey Program of Macro International. The data for the nationally representative JPFHS were collected fr...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors：

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from 8,320 husbands'self reports for the 2006 Urban Health Survey, this article examines the prevalence of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated by husbands against their wives in Bangladesh and identifies risk markers associated with such violence. Of the men included in the sampl...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Sambisa W,Angeles G,Lance PM,Naved RT,Curtis SL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 500 abortion-seeking women in the San Francisco Bay area, in California, revealed that, although a majority of them had used contraceptives previously, only a minority had consistently used effective contraceptives. This paper presents a theory of contraceptive risk taking and analyzes the decision making p...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Luker K

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The summary results from the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey are tabled and graphically presented. The nationally representative sample includes 8173 households with 7150 interviews from women 15-49 years. Data was collected between December and May 1989 from all provinces except the North Eastern Province ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors：

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines transitions in schooling, sexual activity, and pregnancy among adolescents and young adults in urban South Africa. Data are analyzed from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), a recently collected longitudinal survey of young adults and their families in metropolitan Cape Town. We find that teen pregna...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Marteleto L,Lam D,Ranchhod V

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews field experiences with provision of family planning services in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs in ten countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Family planning is a standard component of most antenatal care and maternal-child health programs within which PMTCT prog...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Rutenberg N,Baek C

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has launched a field experiment in two rural thanas of Bangladesh to test the transferability of its successful health and family planning experiment in Matlab to the Ministry of Health and Population Control service system. This paper reviews the M...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Phillips JF,Simmons R,Simmons GB,Yunus M

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we model women's recourse to induced abortion as resulting from a process that starts with sexual intercourse and contraceptive use (or nonuse), continues with the occurrence of an unintended pregnancy, and ends with the woman's decision to terminate the pregnancy and her access to abortion services. Ou...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Rossier C,Michelot F,Bajos N,COCON Group.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discusses the rationale behind national scale programs to support breastfeeding; assesses the elements needed for successful supply and demand interventions; and examines the national strategies of Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, and Nicaragua, where breastfeeding programs appear likely to succeed. Governments can promote...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Baer EC

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from the World Fertility Survey of 1977-78, this paper examines how community characteristics influence completed fertility in Peru. The analysis shows that community characteristics do not condition (interact with) the effects of mother's education in determining completed fertility. Rather, the effects of...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Tienda M

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the developing countries in recent years there has been a great expansion of public programs to provide modern means of fertility control. This paper is an effort to appraise the demographic impact of such programs through a comprehensive evaluation of the record. The paper briefly reviews the criticisms of such pr...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Freedman R,Berelson B

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of more than 12,000 persons from developing countries who received training in population and family planning subjects during 1966-78 are reviewed. During these years many changes occurred with regard to trainee origin, professional background, nature and duration of training program attended, and ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Hall TL,Meile RL

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the 1976 Jordan Fertility Survey are used to examine the association between infant mortality and fertility behavior. After controlling for socioeconomic and demographic variables, a strong positive association was found between infant mortality and fertility behavior; women who experience infant deaths tend...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Nur O el-H

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1988 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) collected data from 4107 households and conducted complete interviews with 4201 women ages 15-49 years. The 27 tables and charts in this article summarize findings of the DHS in the areas of fertility, family size preferences, contraceptive use, postpartum variabl...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors：

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to safe abortion is a reproductive rights and justice issue, and it is imperative that safe abortion access during and after the COVID-19 pandemic is a reality for all. India imposed a lockdown in March 2020 to contain the spread of the pandemic. Limited mobility, lack of clarity about abortion as an essential ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Chandrasekaran S,Diamond-Smith N,Srinivasan K,Dalvie S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of abortion providers in Seoul in late 1977 reveals a threefold increase in the rate of abortion and a greater than threefold rise in the ratio of abortions to live births since 1970. The survey findings also show that the overwhelming proportion of these abortions are performed in private clinics, by obstetr...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Hong SB,Tietze C

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Labor-intensive work is often a way of life for women living in rural areas of developing countries. The physical exertion involved in such work may result in poor health outcomes for mothers and infants when continued through pregnancy. Using longitudinal data from China, Mexico, and Tanzania, we examine the relation...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Peterman A,Ng SW,Palermo T,Lee IH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from a national survey of young unmarried women are used to analyze the relationship of perceptions of method characteristics to the acceptability of methods for use and to the actual contraceptive choice. Ordinary least squares (OLS) and logistic regression analyses are employed to assess the effects of percepti...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Tanfer K,Rosenbaum E

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of reproductive health, investigation of the transfer of knowledge gained from demonstration and pilot projects to large public-sector programs typically has not been considered a relevant domain for research or other investigation. This article draws on a range of research in the social sciences and pres...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Simmons R,Brown J,Díaz M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the patterns and determinants of maternal health care utilization in Jordan, using data from the Jordan Fertility and Family Health Survey of 1983. The study focuses on the 2,949 women who had a child in the five years preceding the survey. Through multivariate analyses of differentials in the ut...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Obermeyer CM,Potter JE

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although models of high-quality family planning services for men exist in Latin America, few if any have been organized within the complex and resource-constrained national public health systems. This study provides evidence from the Santa Barbara project in southern Brazil showing how vasectomy was introduced into th...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Penteado LG,Cabral F,Díaz M,Díaz J,Ghiron L,Simmons R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a 1974 survey of 6,692 Bogota women aged 15-49 conducted by the Colombian Association for Population Studies show that, in the last decade, approval of family planning practice increased 34 percent, contraceptive practice nearly doubled, and fertility declined by over 45 percent. Life-table analysis sho...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Bailey J,Measham C,Umana M

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on women's reproductive health, using geocoded data from the 2005 and 2012 Haiti Demographic and Health Surveys. We use geographic variation in the destructiveness of the earthquake to conduct a difference-in-difference analysis. Results indicate that heig...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Behrman JA,Weitzman A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mexico National Survey on Fertility and Health was national in scope. Data was collected from 7786 households and complete interviews conducted with 9310 women aged 15-49. Field work took place between February and May, 1987. The size of the general population grew from 44.8 million in 1965 to 70.4 million in 1...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors：

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the countries of South Asia, Sri Lanka, with a birth rate of 26 per 1,000, has achieved by far the lowest fertility level. The research reported here shows that at least half of all fertility control there is still practiced by means other than those offered by the national family planning program. This paper re...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Caldwell J,Gaminiratne KH,Caldwell P,de Silva S,Caldwell B,Weeraratne N,Silva P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interviews wih women in six villages in India and with educated, working women selected to be trained as interviewers in five states, and evidence from formal studies are discussed to support the conclusions that (1) the low overall rates of contraceptive use in India are at least partly due to low levels of knowledge...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Basu AM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A qualitative study of pregnancy among schoolgirls in a small town in Burkina Faso was conducted that described the situation of pregnant students and their motherhood, their social environment, and the situation of their children. The analysis of findings revealed four main factors that influenced students' pregnanci...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Görgen R,Maier B,Diesfeld HJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00