Vanguard Family Planning Acceptors in Senegal

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ID10796344
AuthorsDouglas J Nichols (corresponding author), Douglas Nichols, Salif Ndiaye, Nadine Burton, Barbara Janowitz, Lamine Guéye, Mouhamadou Gueye (0000-0001-7826-6501)
Year1985
Volume16
Issue5
Pages271
Publication date1985-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1967000
PMID4060212
OpenAlexW2089641647
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This study examines contraceptive use among clients at the three clinics providing family planning services in Dakar, Senegal in early 1983. Most clients first became interested in family planning following the birth of a child, and most are interested in spacing future pregnancies, although one-third state that they want no more children. The clinic itself was found to be an important determinant of the type of contraceptive used, with only the government-operated clinic providing a balance between IUDs, oral contraceptives, and barrier methods. Nearly half of the clients interviewed said that a lack of knowledge about contraception is the reason for the low contraceptive prevalence rates among Senegalese women; another frequently cited reason was the opposition of the husband. Most clients reported the broadcast media to be the best means of providing family planning information to potential acceptors

Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Family planning policy · Government (linguistics · Population · Research methodology · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine

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