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Contraceptive use and associated factors among sexually active female adolescents in Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ashanti region-Ghana

INTRODUCTION: Unintended pregnancies and adolescent childbearing are on the increase in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, 14% of adolescents aged 15-19 are already mothers or pregnant with their first child. Most of these pregnancies are associated with poor outcomes such as miscarriages, stillbirths, u...

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Autores principales: Agyemang, Joyce, Newton, Sam, Nkrumah, Isaac, Tsoka-Gwegweni, Joyce Mahlako, Cumber, Samuel Nambile
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6675581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31404268
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.182.15344