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Contraceptive use intentions and unmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in the Upper East Region of Ghana

BACKGROUND: Motivations for use of contraceptives vary across populations. While some women use contraceptives for birth spacing, others adopt contraception for stopping childbearing. As part of efforts to guide the policy framework to promote contraceptive utilization among women in Ghana, this pap...

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Autores principales:	Bawah, Ayaga A., Asuming, Patrick, Achana, Sebastian F., Kanmiki, Edmund W., Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Phillips, James F.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30832695 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0693-x

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