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Covert Contraceptive Use amongst the urban poor in Accra, Ghana: experiences of health providers

BACKGROUND: An estimated one-third of women in Ghana use contraceptives without the knowledge of their partners, a phenomenon known as Covert Contraceptive Use (CCU). Most research on CCU to date has focused on individual women to the neglect of the role of health system. This study explores CCU in...

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Autores principales:	Kushitor, Mawuli, Henry, Elizabeth G., Obeng-Dwamena, Akua Danquah, Agyekum, Martin Wiredu, Agula, Caesar, Toprah, Theophilus, 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/PMC9636747/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36333714 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01516-5

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