Dominique Meekers
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 204859 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Dominique Meekers |
| PRENOMES | Dominique |
| SOBRENOME | Meekers |
| ASSINATURA | MEEKERS D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tulane University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7281-3217 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 47 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 188 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1986 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Using radio jingles to promote use of a family planning call center
This paper measures the effect of a radio jingle campaign promoting a family planning call center in Nigeria on the number of information requests received. Campaign effect is measured using comparative interrupted time series. Without the radio campaign, the number of calls from the intervention group is assumed to have been parallel to that observed in the control group. The campaign effect is estimated as the difference between the actual and …
Rapidly developing communications materials during public health emergencies
During public health emergencies, health communication materials to contain the outbreak are needed promptly, which prevents the use of standard approaches for getting feedback from the intended audience. We propose a strategy for rapidly obtaining community feedback on new health communication materials during the public health emergencies. We illustrate this with COVID-19 testing campaign in a Vietnamese–American enclave in the USA. The project…
Tools for patient-centred family planning counselling
Background: The focus of family planning counselling is gradually shifting from the tiered-effectiveness model to patient-centred counselling. Although tools exist that aim to make family planning counselling more patient-oriented without increasing the provider's workload, they are not widely used. This scoping review aims to address this by identifying key tools to make family planning care more patient-centred, reviewing the domains of patient…
Evaluation of a multimedia youth anti-smoking and girls’ empowerment campaign
The study demonstrates the effectiveness of a multimedia campaign to increase perceived support, empowerment and improve decision-making among adolescent girls in a developing country
Trends in attitudes towards female genital mutilation among ever-married Egyptian women, evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys, 1995–2014
Our results show that the observed increases in opposition to FGM are not caused by younger cohorts of married women who oppose FGM, nor by the expansion of the groups most likely to oppose FGM. Rather, the results imply that the belief that FGM should be stopped spread to all walks of life, although poorly educated rural women remain least likely to oppose FGM
Women's position and attitudes towards female genital mutilation in Egypt
The improvement of women's social position has certainly contributed to the spread of anti-FGM attitudes in Egyptian society. Better educated and less traditional women were at the heart of this change, and formed the basis from where anti-FGM sentiment has spread over wider segments of Egyptian society
Domestic Violence, Marital Control, and Family Planning, Maternal, and Birth Outcomes in Timor-Leste
Prevalence and correlates of physical, psychological, and sexual intimate partner violence in Bolivia
Despite increasing awareness that domestic violence is a major public health problem, existing studies focus on physical and sexual violence and give little attention to psychological violence. This study uses data from the 2008 Bolivia Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS) to examine the prevalence and correlates of physical, sexual, and psychological intimate partner violence in Bolivia. The results show that psychological intimate partner viol…
Perceived social approval and condom use with casual partners among youth in urban Cameroon
Our analysis demonstrates that perceived social approval facilitates the adoption of condom use among urban Cameroonian youth. However, youths tend to value the opinions of family members much more than the opinions of their peers. These results suggest that interventions targeting youths should not focus exclusively on peers but should also include other groups, such as parents and community leaders
Impact of an Advertising Campaign on Condom Use in Urban Pakistan
This study describes an assessment of the impact on condom use in urban Pakistan of the second phase of an intensive condom advertising campaign conducted as part of a social marketing program. Between April and June 2009, advertisements for Touch condoms appeared on private television channels and on radio stations. To assess the impact of the campaign, a nationally representative panel survey of men married to women aged 15–49 was conducted, co…
Multiple sex partners and perceived risk of HIV infection in Zambia
While there is much attention on perceived risk of HIV and subsequent cautionary behavior, evidence of the reciprocity of the relationship between recent risky sexual behavior and perceived risks of HIV infection remains scarce. This paper tests the hypothesis that having multiple sex partners within the last 12 months influences individual's perceived risk of HIV among Zambian men and women. It also examines attitudinal factors associated with h…
Determinants of support for female genital cutting among ever-married women in Egypt
This study examines the effect of exposure to communication messages on support for female genital cutting (FGC) in Egypt. Data from the 2005 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey are analysed using logistic regression ( n= 19,106; ever-married women aged 15-49). The analysis reveals that high levels of exposure to FGC-related media messages are essential in reducing support for FGC. Women exposed to two or more FGC media messages are 1.6 times mor…
HIV/Aids and population
The connections between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and population features are vast. While HIV has its largest impacts on population size and structure by increasing mortality among young adults, it also affects and interacts with the other key components of population makeup and change, namely, sexual behavior and fertility, and migration. Impacts on these key components in turn affect the well‐being of populations in profound ways
The reach and impact of social marketing and reproductive health communication campaigns in Zambia
Findings suggest that the reproductive health and social marketing campaigns in Zambia reached a large portion of the population and had a significant impact on condom use. The results suggest that future reproductive health communication campaigns that invest in radio programming may be more effective than those investing in television programming, and that future campaigns should seek to increase their impact among women, perhaps by focusing on…
The Reach and Effect of Radio Communication Campaigns on Condom Use in Malawi
This study uses data from the 2004 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey to assess the reach of selected radio programs about family planning and health in Malawi and their effect on condom use and discussion of family planning. The results show that such radio programs in Malawi reach a broad audience: eight of the 12 programs were heard by at least half of the respondents, although women were less effectively reached than men. For both women and…
Determinants of Condom Use Among Youth in Madagascar
The objective of this study was to identify the key determinants of condom use with regular and casual partners among youth in Madagascar. Data stem from a reproductive health survey conducted in October–December 2000 among a representative sample of 2440 youth aged 15–24 living in Toamasina province. Following theoretical models of behaviour change, logistic regression was used to assess the effect of AIDS awareness, personal risk perception, co…
Assessing effects of a media campaign on HIV/Aids awareness and prevention in Nigeria
The VISION Project reached a large portion of the population and exposure to mass media programs about reproductive health and HIV prevention topics can help increase HIV/AIDS awareness. Programs that target rural populations, females, and unmarried individuals, and disseminate information on where to obtain condoms, are needed to reduce barriers to condom use. Improvements in HIV/AIDS prevention behaviour are likely to require that these program…
From Awareness to Adoption
This paper uses retrospective event-history data covering a four-year period to examine the timing of exposure to HIV/AIDS education and social marketing condom promotion campaigns, relative to the timing of changes in sexual risk behaviour in Tanzania. Analysis of the event-history data shows that the process of exposure to AIDS education messages and exposure to brand advertising for Salama brand condoms was very different. While exposure to AI…
The importance of socio-economic context for social marketing models for improving reproductive health
To maximize the effectiveness of future social marketing programs, it is essential that more effort is devoted to ensuring that such programs are designed using the model or approach that is most suitable for the local context
The Availability of Socially Marketed Condoms in Urban Tanzania, 1997–99
The objective of this study was to evaluate trends in the availability of socially marketed condoms in urban Tanzania, and to assess the effect of changes in the social marketing programme’s strategy for distributing condoms to retail outlets. Three retail outlet surveys conducted in urban Tanzania in 1996/97, 1998 and 1999 were analysed. Multiple Classification Analysis (MCA) was used to determine changes in availability of condoms, after adjust…
Exposure to the 'Sida dans la Cité' Aids prevention television series in Côte d'Ivoire, sexual risk behaviour and condom use
This study assesses factors associated with viewing of 'SIDA dans la Cite', a weekly television soap opera on AIDS in Côte d'Ivoire, and the relationship between 'SIDA dans la Cite' viewing, sexual risk behaviour and condom use. The study uses across-sectional survey of 2150 respondents aged 15-49 in three regions. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the effect of'SIDA dans la Cite' exposure on condom use. The results show that 65% of…
Patterns of condom use in urban males in Zimbabwe
The objective of this paper is to get detailed information on the dynamics of condom use with various partner types, including consistency of use, and to estimate the frequency of unprotected intercourse. The study is based on a prospective cohort study of 222 urban workers in urban Zimbabwe. Respondents' sexual behaviour and condom use were tracked for a period of six weeks using daily interviewer-administered questionnaires. In total, the obser…
Patterns of HIV Risk Behavior and Condom Use Among Youth in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon
Determinants of Condom Use among Young People in Urban Cameroon
To reduce the prevalence of reproductive health problems among adolescents, governmental and nongovernmental organizations in Cameroon are implementing youth‐oriented reproductive health programs. To facilitate the design of effective programs to increase condom use, this study examines survey data on the determinants of having ever used condoms and on current condom use with regular and casual partners among unmarried young people in urban Camer…
Consistency in Condom Use in the Context of Hiv/Aids in Zimbabwe
Against the backdrop of a high prevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus infection in Zimbabwe, this paper analyses data from the 1997 Zimbabwe Sexual Behaviour and Condom Use Survey to throw light on the degree to which sexually active adults consistently use condoms in high-risk sexual situations. The multivariate results indicate that at the time of the survey, consistent condom use in non-marital relationships is significantly higher for…
The Process of Marriage in African Societies
This article demonstrates the use of multiple indicators of union formation to study marriage customs in African societies. While previous studies of African marriage generally provide information only on type of union as self-reported this study uses information from the 1980-81 Cote dIvoire Fertility Survey to develop a more detailed typology of marital unions based on the sequence of events in the union formation process. This new classificati…
Value changes and the dimensions of familism in the European community
Sexual Initiation and Premarital Childbearing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Many studies have suggested that unmarried adolescent childbearing is becoming a social problem in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, because it tends to lead to school drop-outs, illegal abortions, and child abandonment. To date, the motivations for adolescent childbearing remain poorly understood. One point of view is that unmarried adolescent childbearing results from a breakdown of social controls by the elders over young people. Others ha…
The Nuptiality Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa
While in historical Europe the modernization of marriage patterns proved to be a correlate of the fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa the awaited nuptiality transition has been slow. In several instances no change in age at 1st marriage has been detected and in others it has been reduced to more plausible proportions. In the majority of countries with at least 2 comparable censuses and age schedules of proportions single rises in age at ma…
Pregnancy-related school dropouts in Botswana
In many Sub-Saharan African countries there are concerns about high rates of pregnancy-related school dropouts. Schoolgirls who become pregnant have fewer opportunities to complete their education after the birth of their first child and have fewer opportunities for socioeconomic advancement. This paper uses data from a nationally representative sample of Batswana women in conjunction with focus group interviews to describe the impact of schoolgi…
Determinants of Condom Use among Young People in Urban Cameroon
To reduce the prevalence of reproductive health problems among adolescents, governmental and nongovernmental organizations in Cameroon are implementing youth‐oriented reproductive health programs. To facilitate the design of effective programs to increase condom use, this study examines survey data on the determinants of having ever used condoms and on current condom use with regular and casual partners among unmarried young people in urban Camer…
The Precarious Socio-Economic Position of Women in Rural Africa
Ethnographic interviews in this study were conducted among rural Kaguru women in Tanzania. The interview subject material pertained to family relationships land holding customs household power structures and other social and familial practices that might constrain access to resources. The effectiveness of women in development programs will depend on whether the aforementioned features are accounted for. Investment in education among Kaguru girls …
The Universality of African Marriage Reconsidered
Comparative research on marriage patterns in sub-Saharan Africa described marriage as both early and nearly universal (van de Walle 1968). Subsequent studies have partially disproved the first generalization by demonstrating the existence of substantial regional and ethnic variations in age at first marriage (Kaufmann et al. 1988; Lesthaeghe et al. 1989; United Nations 1990). The premise that marriage is universal, however, has generally not been…
The Noble Custom of Roora
The findings of the marriage survey among the Shona in Harare Zimbabwe in 1986 indicate that changes in Shona marriage practices are occurring; these changes appear in ethnographic studies but not in large scale surveys. There is an increased prevalence of irregular forms of unions; these patterns are related to the erosion of social control of the lineage which is associated with socioeconomic development. There is evidence that one of the conse…
The Advantages of having many Children for Women in Formal and Informal Unions in Cameroon
In Cameroon, as in many countries in subSaharan Africa, many couples like to have a large family. Previous studies have attributed this desire to have many children to the importance of children for expanding the lineage and continuing the family name, and to the children's contribution to the household economy and support in old age. This study expands on this research by recognizing that women in formal and informal unions are likely to have di…
Children of the Dancing Ground, Children of the House
The arid land occupied by the South Turkana in northwestern Kenya is characterized by relatively well distributed water resources, complex vegetation communities, and low-density patches of forage which vary with low predictability in time and space. The people's coping strategies include a high dependence on livestock, use of multiple pathways of food energy transfer from plants through livestock to people, and extreme nomadism both to provide h…
The Impact of Women's Socioeconomic Position on Marriage Patterns in Sub-Saharan Afirca
Several theories have suggested that Western influences would gradually alter traditional African family systems. Although the predicted convergence toward a Western type of nuclear family has not occurred, there have been important changes in African nuptiality patterns. This article examines theories stating that differentials and changes in marriage patterns are related to the relative status of women. In particular, we assess to what extent f…
Freedom of Partner Choice in Togo
Preparing adolescents for adulthood
Immaculate conceptions in sub‐Saharan Africa
Survey data from a number of developing countries show that a considerable proportion of parous women report that they had their first birth one or more years before they first had sexual intercourse. In this paper, I use data from eight African Demographic and Health Surveys to explore factors that contribute to cross-national differentials in the prevalence of these "immaculate conceptions." The results suggest that this data problem results no…
The Effect of Imputation Procedures on First Birth Intervals
In most African societies there is little motivation to remember dates of demographic events with the level of precision required in demographic surveys. Consequently it is common that the large majority of survey respondents can provide only the calendar year of occurrence or their age at the time of the event. The World Fertility Survey Group decided to handle the problem of poor date reporting by using a computer program to impute the missing …
Impact of an Advertising Campaign on Condom Use in Urban Pakistan
This study describes an assessment of the impact on condom use in urban Pakistan of the second phase of an intensive condom advertising campaign conducted as part of a social marketing program. Between April and June 2009, advertisements for Touch condoms appeared on private television channels and on radio stations. To assess the impact of the campaign, a nationally representative panel survey of men married to women aged 15–49 was conducted, co…
The Reach and Effect of Radio Communication Campaigns on Condom Use in Malawi
This study uses data from the 2004 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey to assess the reach of selected radio programs about family planning and health in Malawi and their effect on condom use and discussion of family planning. The results show that such radio programs in Malawi reach a broad audience: eight of the 12 programs were heard by at least half of the respondents, although women were less effectively reached than men. For both women and…
Sexual Activity before Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sexual activity before marriage in sub-Saharan Africa
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa there is notable concern about the consequences of premarital sexual intercourse, such as illegal abortions and pregnancy-related school dropouts, and the potential risk of HIV infection. Using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys, the authors investigated sexual activity among never-married women aged 15-24 in Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, and Zimbabwe. While there are important cross-country dif…
Combining Ethnographic and Survey Methods
Large-scale demographic surveys have been criticized by anthropologists because a limited set of standardized questions generally cannot adequately capture the details and complexities of social processes. One way to overcome these limitations is to collect qualitative data. Alternatively, ethnographic information can be used to develop a very detailed survey questionnaire. This study uses data from a detailed survey of the union formation proces…
The Nuptiality Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa
While in historical Europe the modernization of marriage patterns proved to be a correlate of the fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa the awaited nuptiality transition has been slow. In several instances no change in age at 1st marriage has been detected and in others it has been reduced to more plausible proportions. In the majority of countries with at least 2 comparable censuses and age schedules of proportions single rises in age at ma…
Value changes and the dimensions of familism in the European community
The Effect of Imputation Procedures on First Birth Intervals
In most African societies there is little motivation to remember dates of demographic events with the level of precision required in demographic surveys. Consequently it is common that the large majority of survey respondents can provide only the calendar year of occurrence or their age at the time of the event. The World Fertility Survey Group decided to handle the problem of poor date reporting by using a computer program to impute the missing …
The Process of Marriage in African Societies
This article demonstrates the use of multiple indicators of union formation to study marriage customs in African societies. While previous studies of African marriage generally provide information only on type of union as self-reported this study uses information from the 1980-81 Cote dIvoire Fertility Survey to develop a more detailed typology of marital unions based on the sequence of events in the union formation process. This new classificati…
The Noble Custom of Roora
The findings of the marriage survey among the Shona in Harare Zimbabwe in 1986 indicate that changes in Shona marriage practices are occurring; these changes appear in ethnographic studies but not in large scale surveys. There is an increased prevalence of irregular forms of unions; these patterns are related to the erosion of social control of the lineage which is associated with socioeconomic development. There is evidence that one of the conse…
Sexual activity before marriage in sub-Saharan Africa
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa there is notable concern about the consequences of premarital sexual intercourse, such as illegal abortions and pregnancy-related school dropouts, and the potential risk of HIV infection. Using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys, the authors investigated sexual activity among never-married women aged 15-24 in Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, and Zimbabwe. While there are important cross-country dif…
Sexual Initiation and Premarital Childbearing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Many studies have suggested that unmarried adolescent childbearing is becoming a social problem in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, because it tends to lead to school drop-outs, illegal abortions, and child abandonment. To date, the motivations for adolescent childbearing remain poorly understood. One point of view is that unmarried adolescent childbearing results from a breakdown of social controls by the elders over young people. Others ha…
Combining Ethnographic and Survey Methods
Large-scale demographic surveys have been criticized by anthropologists because a limited set of standardized questions generally cannot adequately capture the details and complexities of social processes. One way to overcome these limitations is to collect qualitative data. Alternatively, ethnographic information can be used to develop a very detailed survey questionnaire. This study uses data from a detailed survey of the union formation proces…
Women's Perceptions of Polygyny among the Kaguru of Tanzania
Much of the large body of research on polygyny in sub-Saharan Africa focuses on the sociocultural and demographic correlates of polygyny (Boserup 1970; Goody 1976; Lesthaeghe et al. 1989, 1994) and on the demographic and economic implications of polygyny (e.g., Borgerhoff Mulder 1989; Garenne and van de Walle 1989; Moller and Welch 1990; Pebley and Mbugua 1989; Grossbard-Shectman 1986; Sichona 1992; Ukaegbu 1977). In addition, there has been cons…
Preparing adolescents for adulthood
Immaculate conceptions in sub‐Saharan Africa
Survey data from a number of developing countries show that a considerable proportion of parous women report that they had their first birth one or more years before they first had sexual intercourse. In this paper, I use data from eight African Demographic and Health Surveys to explore factors that contribute to cross-national differentials in the prevalence of these "immaculate conceptions." The results suggest that this data problem results no…
Sexual Activity before Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Freedom of Partner Choice in Togo
The Universality of African Marriage Reconsidered
Comparative research on marriage patterns in sub-Saharan Africa described marriage as both early and nearly universal (van de Walle 1968). Subsequent studies have partially disproved the first generalization by demonstrating the existence of substantial regional and ethnic variations in age at first marriage (Kaufmann et al. 1988; Lesthaeghe et al. 1989; United Nations 1990). The premise that marriage is universal, however, has generally not been…
African theories of conception
The Precarious Socio-Economic Position of Women in Rural Africa
Ethnographic interviews in this study were conducted among rural Kaguru women in Tanzania. The interview subject material pertained to family relationships land holding customs household power structures and other social and familial practices that might constrain access to resources. The effectiveness of women in development programs will depend on whether the aforementioned features are accounted for. Investment in education among Kaguru girls …
Children of the Dancing Ground, Children of the House
The arid land occupied by the South Turkana in northwestern Kenya is characterized by relatively well distributed water resources, complex vegetation communities, and low-density patches of forage which vary with low predictability in time and space. The people's coping strategies include a high dependence on livestock, use of multiple pathways of food energy transfer from plants through livestock to people, and extreme nomadism both to provide h…
The Impact of Women's Socioeconomic Position on Marriage Patterns in Sub-Saharan Afirca
Several theories have suggested that Western influences would gradually alter traditional African family systems. Although the predicted convergence toward a Western type of nuclear family has not occurred, there have been important changes in African nuptiality patterns. This article examines theories stating that differentials and changes in marriage patterns are related to the relative status of women. In particular, we assess to what extent f…
Pregnancy-related school dropouts in Botswana
In many Sub-Saharan African countries there are concerns about high rates of pregnancy-related school dropouts. Schoolgirls who become pregnant have fewer opportunities to complete their education after the birth of their first child and have fewer opportunities for socioeconomic advancement. This paper uses data from a nationally representative sample of Batswana women in conjunction with focus group interviews to describe the impact of schoolgi…
The Advantages of having many Children for Women in Formal and Informal Unions in Cameroon
In Cameroon, as in many countries in subSaharan Africa, many couples like to have a large family. Previous studies have attributed this desire to have many children to the importance of children for expanding the lineage and continuing the family name, and to the children's contribution to the household economy and support in old age. This study expands on this research by recognizing that women in formal and informal unions are likely to have di…
Contemporary Patterns of Adolescent Sexuality in Urban Botswana
In Botswana, as in other areas in southern Africa, there is a growing concern about the risks associated with adolescent sexuality. To facilitate the design of policies that can address these problems, it is necessary to gain a thorough understanding of contemporary patterns of adolescent sexual behaviour, and the factors that affect them. This paper examines these issues using data from the 1995 Botswana Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey in …
Consistency in Condom Use in the Context of Hiv/Aids in Zimbabwe
Against the backdrop of a high prevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus infection in Zimbabwe, this paper analyses data from the 1997 Zimbabwe Sexual Behaviour and Condom Use Survey to throw light on the degree to which sexually active adults consistently use condoms in high-risk sexual situations. The multivariate results indicate that at the time of the survey, consistent condom use in non-marital relationships is significantly higher for…
Understanding constraints to adolescent condom procurement
Even when condoms are widely available and affordable, adolescents may be reluctant to obtain them. Hence, programme managers need to understand what determines youths' perceptions of access to condoms. This paper analyzes focus group and survey data on condom access conducted among male and female adolescents in urban Botswana. Although a majority of sexually experienced adolescents have purchased condoms from retail outlets, only about 50% have…
Determinants of Condom Use among Young People in Urban Cameroon
To reduce the prevalence of reproductive health problems among adolescents, governmental and nongovernmental organizations in Cameroon are implementing youth‐oriented reproductive health programs. To facilitate the design of effective programs to increase condom use, this study examines survey data on the determinants of having ever used condoms and on current condom use with regular and casual partners among unmarried young people in urban Camer…
Exposure to the 'Sida dans la Cité' Aids prevention television series in Côte d'Ivoire, sexual risk behaviour and condom use
This study assesses factors associated with viewing of 'SIDA dans la Cite', a weekly television soap opera on AIDS in Côte d'Ivoire, and the relationship between 'SIDA dans la Cite' viewing, sexual risk behaviour and condom use. The study uses across-sectional survey of 2150 respondents aged 15-49 in three regions. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the effect of'SIDA dans la Cite' exposure on condom use. The results show that 65% of…
Demography (32 obras) · Medicine (30 obras) · Population (30 obras) · Sociology (29 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (23 obras) · Psychology (20 obras) · Demography (17 obras) · Family medicine (17 obras) · Environmental health (16 obras) · Condom (15 obras)