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Partner support and women's contraceptive use: insight from urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

BACKGROUND: Despite the benefits associated with contraceptive use, there is a low prevalence of contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa and Ghana. Previous studies have partly and consistently attributed the low prevalence of contraceptive use to partner opposition. However, little is known about t...

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Autores principales:	Agyekum, Martin Wiredu, Henry, Elizabeth G., Kushitor, Mawuli Komla, Obeng-Dwamena, Akua Danquah, Agula, Caesar, Opoku Asuming, Patrick, Toprah, Theophilus, Agyei-Asabere, Charles, Shah, Iqbal, Bawah, Ayaga A.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2022
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9233795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35752803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01799-7

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