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Media advocacy in catalyzing actions by decision-makers: case study of the advance family planning initiative in Kenya

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023
Media can not only play a critical role in informing and educating the public on health issues, but it can make a powerful contribution to advocacy of public health matters. In Kenya, Advance Family Planning (AFP) initiative used this approach to further
Irene Choge, Rammah Mwalimu, Sam Mulyanga, Sally Njiri, Beatrice Kwachi, Susan Ontiri   +5 more
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Moving policy to practice: role of advocacy in enabling provision of injectable contraceptives by pharmacists in Kenya

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023
Expanding access to contraceptive services by making them available in pharmacies and drug shops is a family planning high-impact practice. In 2018, Kenya's Ministry of Health amended its family planning guidelines to allow pharmacists and pharmaceutical
Sally Njiri, Sam Mulyanga, Irene Choge, Beatrice Kwachi, Rammah Mwalimu, Susan Ontiri   +5 more
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Contraceptive Autonomy: Conceptions and Measurement of a Novel Family Planning Indicator.

Studies in family planning, 2020
Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, there has been increased attention to high-quality and rights-based family planning, but these concepts have been difficult to measure.
Leigh Senderowicz
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Human fertility in relation to education, economy, religion, contraception, and family planning programs

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The world population is expected to increase greatly this century, aggravating current problems related to climate, health, food security, biodiversity, energy and other vital resources.
F. Götmark, M. Andersson
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Planning a family

Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022
We have all either been asked or seen others asked: “So when are you going to have children?” –at family gatherings, as a casual aside by colleagues, or even by complete strangers. There is societal judgement around having children, not having children, when to have children, and how many children to have.
Jennifer S. Leigh, Nathalie Busschaert, Cally J. E. Haynes, Jennifer R. Hiscock, Kristin M. Hutchins, Larissa K. S. von Krbek, Anna J. McConnell, Anna G. Slater, David K. Smith, Emily R. Draper   +9 more
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Decision-Making Power of Married Women on Family Planning Use and Associated Factors in Dinsho Woreda, South East Ethiopia

Open Access Journal of Contraception, 2020
Background Women’s decisions on family planning use have multiple benefits to the family and community at large. In developing countries like Ethiopia, the choice of women to use a contraceptive is challenged by social and environmental factors that ...
Dinku Dadi, D. Bogale, Zenebe Minda, Sintayehu Megersa   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors influencing family planning decisions in Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

BMC Womens Health
Miskeen E, Korkoman S, Alhassoun NK, Aljuhani RF, Alqahtani RAH, Alwabari SS, Alamri MS, Alshahrani AM, Alhalafi AH, Almalki S, Al Fifi J, Elnour S, ALmuqrin FF, Al Ali YA, Karkaman MJ, Al-Shahrani AM.   +15 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Male Involvement in Family Planning Utilization and Associated Factors in Womberma District, Northern Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Open Access Journal of Contraception, 2020
Background Reproductive health issues are an inclusive concern for both men and women. In order to improve maternal health, strengthening male participation in family planning is an important public health initiative. Yet, men are still the main decision-
G. Wondim, G. Degu, Yohannes Teka, Gedefaw Diress   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Determining the impact of the Zika pandemic on primary care providers’ contraceptive counseling of non-pregnant patients in the US: a mixed methods study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Global pandemics like Zika (ZIKV) factor into pregnancy planning and avoidance, yet little is known about how primary care providers (PCPs) incorporate public health guidance into contraceptive counseling.
Jennifer E. Kaiser, Eduardo Galindo, Jessica N. Sanders, Rebecca G. Simmons, Lori M. Gawron, Jennifer S. Herrick, Benjamin Brintz, David K. Turok   +7 more
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Trends in fertility and fertility preferences in sub-Saharan Africa: the roles of education and family planning programs

, 2020
A common explanation for the high fertility prevailing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a widespread desire for large families. This situation poses a challenge to population policy-makers in the continent.
J. Bongaarts
semanticscholar   +1 more source