Contraception in adolescence: the influence of parity and marital status on contraceptive use in 73 low-and middle-income countries

C de Vargas Nunes Coll, F Ewerling, F Hellwig… - Reproductive health, 2019 - Springer
Background There is still a large gap in relation to effectively meet the contraceptive needs
and family planning goals of adolescents. Our aim was to describe how having a partner …

Women decision making on use of modern family planning methods and associated factors, evidence from PMA Ethiopia

FT Fantaye, SA Damtew - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Family planning decision making is defined as women´ s ability to determine
the family planning methods that she wanted to use through the process of informed …

[HTML][HTML] Trends and determinants of contraceptive use among female adolescents in Ghana: analysis of 2003–2014 demographic and health surveys

F Appiah, AA Seidu, BO Ahinkorah, L Baatiema… - SSM-population …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Thirty percent (30%) of all deliveries in 2014 were recorded among
adolescents in Ghana, whom contraceptive use has been found to be low. Our study …

Individual and community-level factors associated with modern contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women in Mali: a mixed effects multilevel …

BO Ahinkorah, AA Seidu, F Appiah, E Budu… - Contraception and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Unintended pregnancy constitutes a significant public health challenge in sub-
Saharan Africa and particularly among young people, who are more likely to closely space …

Scoping review of qualitative studies on family planning in Uganda

JM Buser, PF Pebolo, E August, GK Rana… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Family planning (FP) is an essential component of public health programs and significantly
impacts maternal and child health outcomes. In Uganda, there is a need for a …

Health policy mapping and system gaps impeding the implementation of reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health programs in South Sudan: a …

L Belaid, P Bayo, L Kamau, E Nakimuli, E Omoro… - Conflict and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Pregnant women, neonates, children, and adolescents are at higher risk of
dying in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Strengthening the healthcare system is a key …

Increasing population densities predict decreasing fertility rates over time: A 174-nation investigation.

A Rotella, MEW Varnum, O Sng… - American …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Fertility rates have been declining worldwide over the past 50 years, part of a phenomenon
known as “the demographic transition.” Prior work suggests that this decline is related to …

Family planning beliefs and their association with contraceptive use dynamics: results from a longitudinal study in Uganda

LA Zimmerman, DO Sarnak, C Karp… - Studies in family …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Norms and beliefs toward contraception, both positive and negative, motivate contraceptive
use; however, they have seldom been explored longitudinally in low‐and middle‐income …

Factors influencing contraceptives use among women in the Juba City of South Sudan

JG Obwoya, JK Wulifan, A Kalolo - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding birth control and child spacing methods used by inhabitants of conflict
afflicted settings is important in designing interventions to improve uptake of family planning …

Perceived norms, personal agency, and postpartum family planning intentions among first-time mothers age 15–24 years in Kinshasa: A cross-sectional analysis

AJ Gage, FE Wood, PZ Akilimali - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Unintended pregnancy is an important global health problem and frequently occurs during
the immediate postpartum period. However, few studies have examined postpartum family …