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Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481347&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00296.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481347 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481346&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00295.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481346 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481345&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00294.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481345 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481344&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00293.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481344 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481343&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00292.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481343 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481342&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00291.x One strategy for meeting the contraceptive needs of HIV‐positive women is to integrate family planning into HIV services. In 2008 in Cross River State, Nigeria, family planning was integrated into antiretroviral (ART) services in five local government areas. A basic family planning/HIV integration model was implemented in three of these areas, and an enhanced model in the other two. We conducted baseline interviews in 2008 and follow‐up interviews 12–14 months later with 274 female ART clients aged 18–45 in 2009 across the five areas. Unmet need for contraception was high at baseline (28–35 percent). We found that modern contraceptive use rose in the enhanced and basic groups; most of the increase was in consistent condom use. Despite an increase in family planning counseling by ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481342 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481341&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00290.x This study suggests that the availability of condoms for disease prevention should continue to be widely promoted, and that efforts should be made to assist women in asserting their need for protection from HIV infection. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481341 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481340&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00289.x This study draws on in‐depth interviews and focus group discussions with young adults in a metropolitan area of the Philippines to examine perceptions and practices of illegal abortion. Study participants indicated that unintended pregnancies are common and may be resolved through eventual acceptance or through self‐induced injury or ingestion of substances to terminate the pregnancy. Despite the illegality of abortion and the restricted status of misoprostol, substantial knowledge and use of the drug exists. Discussions mirrored broader controversies associated with abortion in this setting. Abortion was generally thought to invoke gaba (bad karma), yet some noted its acceptability under certain circumstances. This study elucidates the complexities of pregnancy decisionmaking in this ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481340 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481339&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00288.x This article proposes a simple method to decompose the overall decline in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) observed between 1990 and 2008 into two components: decline attributable to fertility decline and decline attributable to safe motherhood programs. This method—illustrated here for three South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh)—is aimed at helping to properly assess the impact of safe motherhood initiatives on the MMR. The methodology is also applied to estimate the 2015 MMR level implied by low, medium, and high variants of fertility decline assumed by the United Nations, and thus to assess the contribution of future fertility decline in these countries to the achievement of MDG 5 by 2015. The results show that fertility decline in these countries between 1990 an... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481339 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5481338&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00287.x This study presents a method for estimating obstetric mortality from pregnancy‐related deaths data. Calculations are based on multiple‐decrement life tables, and data needed are simply age‐specific fertility and mortality rates that are commonly available in Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) or census data, and an estimate of the relative risk of death from nonobstetric causes during the maternal risk period. The method is tested on 59 DHS surveys from Africa. Results show that, on average, less than half of the pregnancy‐related deaths are attributable to obstetric causes. This proportion varies with the level of mortality and fertility, and in particular with the prevalence of HIV in the population. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5481338 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5481338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244192&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00286.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244192 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244191&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00285.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244191 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244190&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00284.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244190 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244189&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00283.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244189 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244188&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00282.x Latin America is undergoing profound social, economic, political, demographic, and epidemiologic change. Reproductive health indicators have generally improved over the past two decades, but most pregnancies are still unintended and more than 4 million are terminated annually. Clandestine abortions necessitated by restrictive legal and social structures cause more than 1,000 deaths and 500,000 hospitalizations per year, primarily among poor and marginalized women. Abortions are becoming safer and less frequent, however, as a consequence of increased modern contraceptive use, misoprostol adoption, emergency contraception availability, and postabortion care provision, notwithstanding many impediments to these changes. Advocacy and conflict over abortion have grown. The contested policy shift... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244188 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244187&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00281.x In opposition to Mexico City's legalization of first‐trimester abortion, 17 Mexican states (53 percent) have introduced initiatives or reforms to ban abortion entirely, and other states have similar legislation pending. We conducted an opinion survey in eight states—four where constitutional amendments have already been approved and four with pending amendments. Using logistic regression analyses, we found that higher education, political party affiliation, and awareness of reforms/initiatives were significantly associated with support for the Mexico City law. Legal abortion was supported by a large proportion of respondents in cases of rape (45–70 percent), risk to a woman's life (55–71 percent), and risk to a woman's health (48–68 percent). A larger percentage of respondents fa... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244187 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244186&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00280.x This study examines the experiences and opinions of health‐care professionals after the legalization of abortion in Mexico City in 2007. Sixty‐four semistructured interviews were conducted between 1 December 2007 and 16 July 2008 with staff affiliated with abortion programs in 12 hospitals and 1 health center, including obstetricians/gynecologists, nurses, social workers, key decisionmakers at the Ministry of Health, and others. Findings suggest that program implementation was difficult because of the lack of personnel, space, and resources; a great number of conscientious objectors; and the enormous influx of women seeking services, which resulted in a work overload for participating professionals. The professionals interviewed indicate that the program improved significantly over tim... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244186 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244185&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00279.x This article presents findings from three opinion surveys conducted among representative samples of Mexico City residents: the first one immediately prior to the groundbreaking legalization of first‐trimester abortion in April 2007, and one and two years after the reform. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to assess changes in opinion concerning abortion and correlates of favorable opinion following reform. In 2009 a clear majority (74 percent) of respondents were in support of the Mexico City law allowing for elective first‐trimester abortion, compared with 63 percent in 2008 and 38 percent in 2007. A significant increase in support for extending the law to the rest of Mexico was found: from 51 percent in 2007 to 70 percent in 2008 and 83 percent in 2009. In 2008 the s... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244185 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244184&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00278.x This study examines women's experiences of abortion services in one public and two private clinic settings in 2008. Twenty‐five in‐depth interviews were conducted: 15 with women who obtained abortions in a public health center and 10 who obtained the procedure at either of two private clinics. Participants were highly satisfied with services at both public and private sites, although some had to go to more than one site before receiving services. None expressed doubts about their decision to have an abortion, and they felt unanimously that they were treated with respect. Furthermore, participants were pleased with the counseling they received and most accepted a contraceptive method after the procedure. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244184 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244183&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00277.x Legal abortion services have been available in public and private health facilities in Mexico City since April 2007 for pregnancies of up to 12 weeks gestation. As of January 2011, more than 50,000 procedures have been performed by Ministry of Health hospitals and clinics. We researched trends in service users' characteristics, types of procedures performed, post‐procedure complications, repeat abortions, and postabortion uptake of contraception in 15 designated hospitals from April 2007 to March 2010. The trend in procedures has been toward more medication and manual vacuum aspiration abortions and fewer done through dilation and curettage. Percentages of post‐procedure complications and repeat abortions remain low (2.3 and 0.9 percent, respectively). Uptake of postabortion contracept... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244183 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244182&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00276.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244182 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244181&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00275.x Abortion is illegal in Burkina Faso except in cases of incest, rape, fetal defect, or when the woman's life or physical health is endangered. As a result, abortion procedures are often conducted illegally and unsafely and measuring incidence proves difficult. We estimate incidence of abortion and associated morbidity using two methodologies. The first is the Abortion Incidence Complications Method (AICM), which uses information on women hospitalized for abortion‐related complications as well as health professionals' assessments of the proportion of women who seek treatment for complications from unsafe abortions. The second is the Anonymous Third Party Reporting (ATPR) method, which entails surveying women about their confidantes' abortions. We conclude that the AICM yields a more accura... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244181 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5244180&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00274.x Iran experienced a dramatic decline in fertility from 1984 to 2001, which was most rapid in rural areas. Although many attribute the decline to the government's active participation in providing family planning services, most services were provided after the initial fertility decline that took place after 1984. We assess the extent to which timing of exposure to basic healthcare is related to fertility outcomes. We estimate the association between a woman's age of exposure to a health house (clinic) and number of children, using the 2001 Iranian Household Expenditure and Income Survey and the 2006 Iranian Census, and the location and dates of operation for each rural health house. We also look at the probability of a woman's giving birth one year after a clinic opened in her village. We us... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5244180 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5244180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4958287&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00273.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4958287 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4958287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4958286&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00272.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4958286 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4958286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4958285&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00271.x We describe the process and identify implementation opportunities and challenges, including modifications to the service model. Analysis of monitoring data indicates that the number of women initiating DMPA with a community health worker (CHW) was 56 percent higher than the number of new DMPA acceptors served by clinics. Including continuing DMPA users, about three of every four DMPA clients chose CHWs as their service delivery point. CHW provision appears to be the preferred method of delivery for new DMPA users in this study, and may appeal even more to continuing clients. Lessons from scaling up in Uganda's public sector include recognizing the needs for ongoing assessment of support, a process to gain community “ownership,” and spontaneous innovations to supplement CHW supervision.... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4958285 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4958285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4958284&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00270.x Research has identified the lack of acceptance of a two‐child‐family norm as the biggest obstacle to achieving replacement‐level fertility in Egypt. This analysis examines norms about desired family size for 1,366 males and 1,367 females aged 15–24 in 2004 in rural Minya governorate. Two‐level random‐effects multivariate logistic regression models, stratified by sex and grouped by neighborhood, are used to assess normative influence at the household and neighborhood levels, controlling for individual‐ and household‐level covariates. In the final model, young males in neighborhoods where more people desire a small family are 33 percent more likely to desire a small family than are young males in other neighborhoods. Young females in households with one or more adults preferr... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4958284 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4958284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4958283&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00269.x In this study, we examine the effectiveness of the Smiling Sun multimedia health communication campaign in encouraging women to use family health services in rural Bangladesh. We control for endogenous program placement and address the potential endogeneity of self‐reported campaign exposure in health‐behavior equations by estimating a set of exposure, contraceptive‐use, and antenatal‐care equations by full information maximum likelihood (FIML). We find that evaluation methods that do not take into account these nonrandom characteristics of communication and program exposure may produce underestimates of program benefits. Relative to the exposure effect of 3.7 percentage points in the simple model of contraceptive use, the exposure effect in the FIML model is a larger 5.5 percentag... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4958283 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4958283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4958282&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00268.x This study analyzes longitudinal data from couples in rural Nepal to investigate the influence of spousal communication about family planning on their subsequent contraceptive use. The study expands current understanding of the communication–contraception link by (a) exploiting monthly panel data to conduct an event history analysis, (b) incorporating both wives' and husbands' perceptions of communication, and (c) distinguishing effects of spousal communication on the use of four contraceptive methods. The findings provide new evidence of a strong positive impact of spousal communication on contraceptive use, even when controlling for confounding variables. Wives' reports of communication are substantial explanatory factors in couples' initiation of all contraceptive methods examined. Hu... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4958282 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4958282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4958281&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00267.x This study presents findings from a systematic review of evaluations of family planning interventions published between 1995 and 2008. Studies that used an experimental or quasi‐experimental design or used another approach to attribute program exposure to observed changes in fertility or family planning outcomes at the individual or population levels were included and ranked by strength of evidence. A total of 63 studies met the inclusion criteria. The findings from this review are summarized in tabular format by the type of intervention (classified as supply‐side or demand‐side). About two‐thirds of the studies found were evaluations of programs focusing on demand generation. Findings from all programs revealed significant improvements in knowledge, attitudes, discussion, and inte... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4958281 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4958281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4588462&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00266.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4588462 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4588462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4588461&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00265.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4588461 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4588461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4588460&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00264.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4588460 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4588460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4588459&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00263.x To investigate the knowledge and practices regarding medical abortion and postabortion care in northern Nigeria among private physicians—the principal providers of such services in the area—122 doctors operating separate clinics in five states—Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Niger, and Taraba—were interviewed by means of a structured questionnaire. The results showed that 22 percent of the doctors reported that they terminate unwanted pregnancies, whereas nearly all reported that they manage complications of unsafe abortion. Manual vacuum aspiration and dilatation and curettage performed singly or in combination were the most common methods of abortion and postabortion care reported by the doctors. Only one doctor reported exclusive use of medical abortion in the first trimester, and three ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4588459 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4588459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4588458&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00262.x Why are orphaned girls at particular risk of acquiring HIV infection? Using a transition‐to‐adulthood framework, this study employs qualitative data from Nyanza Province, Kenya, to explore pathways to HIV risk among orphaned and nonorphaned high‐school girls. It shows how simultaneous processes such as leaving their parental home, negotiating financial access, and relationship transitions interact to produce disproportionate risk for orphaned girls. The role of financial provision and parental love in modifying girls' trajectories to risk are also explored. A testable theoretical model is proposed based on the qualitative findings, and policy implications are suggested. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4588458 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4588458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4588457&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00261.x This article presents qualitative findings from a project designed to develop better methodological tools for clarifying women's and men's attitudes about intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural Bangladesh and their perceptions of norms about IPV in their communities. Cognitive interviews and focus‐group discussions were used to explore respondents' subjective understanding of standard survey questions meant to elicit attitudes about IPV. We find that the proportion of participants who justified IPV under some circumstances increased when additional context was provided, suggesting that the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) questions may underrepresent the proportions of people who condone IPV. Moreover, most people in this social context also believed that IPV often goes beyond socia... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4588457 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4588457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4588456&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00260.x A panel study examining the effects of women's individual characteristics, side effects experienced, and service quality on their contraceptive discontinuation was undertaken in four urban areas of Honduras. Data were collected from October 2006 to December 2007. The baseline sample consisted of 800 women aged 15–44 who were new or continuing users of an injectable contraceptive, the IUD, or an oral contraceptive. A total of 671 women (84 percent) were reinterviewed after one year. Life tables and Cox proportional hazards models were used to present discontinuation rates and factors associated with contraceptive discontinuation. Among new users, discontinuation of the baseline method at 12 months was high (45 percent), especially for users of an injectable method (50 percent). In the haz... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4588456 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4588456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4588455&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2011.00259.x Using nationally representative data from 13 sub‐Saharan African countries, we reinforce and expand upon previous findings that men report using condoms more frequently than women do and that unmarried respondents report that they use condoms with casual partners more frequently than married individuals report using them with their spouses. Based on descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses, we also demonstrate to a degree not previously shown in the current literature that married men from most countries report using condoms with extramarital partners about as frequently as unmarried men report using them with casual partners. Married women from most of the countries included in the study reported using condoms with extramarital partners less frequently than unmarried women repo... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4588455 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4588455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247958&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00258.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247958 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247957&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00257.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247957 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247956&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00256.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247956 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247955&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00255.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247955 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247954&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00254.x This study explores challenges and obstacles in providing effective family planning services to HIV‐positive women as described by staff of maternal and child health (MCH) clinics. It draws upon data from a survey of service providers carried out from late 2008 to early 2009 in 52 MCH clinics in southern Mozambique, some with and some without HIV services. In all clinics, surveyed providers reported that practical, financial, and social barriers made it difficult for HIV‐positive clients to follow protocols to prevent mother‐to‐child transmission of the virus. Likewise, staff were skeptical of their seropositive clients' ability to adhere to recommendations to cease childbearing and to use condoms consistently. Providers' recommendations to HIV‐positive clients and their assessme... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247954 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247953&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00253.x This study describes an assessment of the impact on condom use in urban Pakistan of the second phase of an intensive condom advertising campaign conducted as part of a social marketing program. Between April and June 2009, advertisements for Touch condoms appeared on private television channels and on radio stations. To assess the impact of the campaign, a nationally representative panel survey of men married to women aged 15–49 was conducted, collecting information on behaviors related to condom use and recall of contraceptive advertisements. We employed conditional change regression analysis to determine whether awareness of the Touch ad at follow‐up was associated with improved attitudes toward condoms and condom use. Respondents with confirmed awareness of the Touch campaign experi... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247953 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247952&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00252.x Marital quality is well established as a determinant of health in Western contexts, yet the importance of relationship quality to health in non‐Western contexts is largely limited to a focus on domestic violence. Using the Women's Reproductive Histories Survey, this study examines whether women with higher‐quality family relationships are more likely than others to use maternal health‐care services in Madhya Pradesh, India. Results show that among nuclear families, women with better marital relationships are more likely than others to use antenatal care services and to deliver in a health‐care facility. Among joint families, women who have better relationships with their in‐laws are more likely to use antenatal care services. The results further suggest that women's agency mediat... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247952 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247951&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00251.x This study tests a new nonverbal response‐card method for obtaining more accurate responses to sensitive questions in the context of face‐to‐face interviewer‐administered questionnaires in a survey of 1,269 Ethiopian young people aged 13–24. Comparisons of responses between a control group that provided verbal responses and an experimental group that used the card indicate that the prevalence of nonmarital sexual intercourse may be two times higher and knowledge of condom access may be 22 percent lower in the study than typical population‐survey methods suggest. These results suggest that our nonverbal response‐card method yields less biased estimates of risky adolescent sexual behavior and perceived access to condoms than those derived from conventional face‐to‐face inte... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247951 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4247950&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00250.x Unintended pregnancy can carry serious consequences for women and their families. We estimate the incidence of pregnancy by intention status and outcome at worldwide, regional, and subregional levels for 2008, and we assess recent trends since 1995. Numbers of births are based on United Nations estimates. Induced abortions are estimated by projecting from recent trends. A model‐based approach is used to estimate miscarriages. The planning status of births is estimated using nationally representative and small‐scale surveys of 80 countries. Of the 208 million pregnancies that occurred in 2008, we estimate that 41 percent were unintended. The unintended pregnancy rate fell by 29 percent in developed regions and by 20 percent in developing regions. The highest unintended pregnancy rates w... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4247950 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4247950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991340&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00249.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991340 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991339&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00248.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991339 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991338&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00247.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991338 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991337&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00246.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991337 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991336&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00245.x This study examines the influence of informed consent content on reported baseline contraceptive knowledge and concerns among two groups of HIV‐serodiscordant and seroconcordant HIV‐positive couples enrolled in research projects at an HIV research center in Lusaka, Zambia. We found significant differences in the reporting of contraceptive knowledge and concerns between couples viewing consent materials that included detailed information about contraception and those viewing consent materials that lacked the detailed information. We conclude that the design of informed consent materials should strike a balance between ensuring that participants give truly informed consent and educating participants in ways that do not compromise the assessment of the impact of behavioral interventions. ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991336 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991335&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00244.x This study assesses the effectiveness of a quality‐improvement (QI) package designed to enable small‐scale commercial reproductive health (RH) service providers to improve the services they offer. The study was conducted among midwives who are members of the Uganda Private Midwives Association. A pretest‐post‐test quasi‐experimental panel study design was used wherein midwife clinics were allocated to two experimental groups and one control group. Baseline and follow‐up measurements of structural and process attributes of quality were taken at the clinics by means of a facility inventory, interviews with midwives, and observations of client‐provider interactions. Nearly 70 percent of the midwives who were trained to use the package reported that it was easy to use. Among clin... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991335 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991334&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00243.x Research on fertility trends in Islamic northern Nigeria has rarely sought the perspectives of the people of that region concerning the causes of high fertility in the area. Relying on qualitative data elicited from women in northwestern Nigeria, we explore their views on high fertility in the region. A principal finding is that respondents ascribed to their husbands the responsibility for high parity; these women reported deliberately giving birth to many children in order to inhibit men's tendency to divorce or engage in plural marriage. We contend that the social meanings that women ascribe to their husbands’ behaviors and the ways they respond to them are significant contributors to current high fertility in northern Nigeria. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991334 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991333&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00242.x Using data from a prospective cohort of 555 adolescent girls and boys from a predominantly Latino neighborhood of San Francisco, we examined how well four survey questionnaire items measuring pregnancy intentions predicted the incidence of pregnancy. We also compared consistency of responses among items and assessed how intentions fluctuated over time. Girls experienced 72 pregnancies over two years (six‐month cumulative incidence = 8 percent), and boys reported being responsible for 50 pregnancies (six‐month cumulative incidence = 10 percent). Although the probability of becoming pregnant generally increased with higher intention to do so, the risk of becoming pregnant was elevated only at the highest response categories for each item. Most pregnancies occurred among teenagers reporti... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991333 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3991332&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00241.x Using data from 8,320 husbands’ self reports for the 2006 Urban Health Survey, this article examines the prevalence of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated by husbands against their wives in Bangladesh and identifies risk markers associated with such violence. Of the men included in the sample for this study, 55 percent reported perpetrating physical IPV against their wives at some point in their married lives, 23 percent reported perpetrating physical IPV in the past year, 20 percent reported ever perpetrating sexual IPV, and 60 percent reported ever perpetrating physical or sexual IPV. Bivariate analyses revealed that men residing in slums had a greater likelihood than those residing in nonslum areas and in district municipalities of perpetrating lifetime and... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3991332 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3991332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639723&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00240.x Books reviewed in this issue. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationInternational Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education: An evidence-informed approach for schools, teachers and health educators Laura Reichenbach and Mindy Jane Roseman (editors)Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639723 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639722&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00239.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639722 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639721&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00238.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639721 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639720&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00237.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639720 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639719&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00236.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639719 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639718&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00235.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639718 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639717&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00234.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639717 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639716&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00233.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639716 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639715&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00232.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639715 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639714&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00231.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639714 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639713&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00230.x This study examines current disparities in access to family planning services in developing countries with data drawn from 64 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 1994 and 2008. The percent of demand satisfied is used as a proxy measure for access to family planning. In all regions, married women aged 15[ndash]19 have greater difficulty than older women in meeting their need for contraceptive services. Inequities in the percent of demand satisfied among individuals of varying economic status, area of residence, and education are observed in all regions except Central Asia. These gaps are larger and more common in sub-Saharan Africa. Strategies that seek to increase contraceptive use rapidly without consideration for disadvantaged groups are likely to increase observed inequitie... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639713 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639712&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00229.x This article explores the persistence of son preference in a patrilineal, patrilocal society in the midst of fertility decline. Using survey and ethnographic data from Hindu-caste Nepali families in a semiurban village, I analyze which cultural norms regarding reproduction are questioned by contemporary married couples and which remain intact. Despite modest improvements in gender equality, levels of education, and economic conditions, the practical knowledge that daughters will be lost to other lineages and households pressures couples who might otherwise be willing to invest in daughters to continue procreating until they produce a son. Young mothers, therefore, reluctantly admit to needing a son, revealing a discrepancy between their initially stated reproductive ideals and their ultima... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639712 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3839850&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00234.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3839850 Mon, 31 May 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3839850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3639711&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00228.x This article examines the determinants of contraceptive and abortion behavior and how each of these influences the other, with an emphasis on the role of women's life-course stage and experience. We base our approach on life-course theory, which argues that behavior is influenced by current circumstances as well as experiences over the life course. We use data collected for every pregnancy experienced by 2,444 women in Madhya Pradesh, India, to explore use of temporary contraceptive methods (both modern and traditional) and sterilization, as well as abortion attempts. We use logistic regression to model whether women took these actions in a given pregnancy interval, including past experience with contraception in the abortion analyses and with abortion in the contraceptive analyses. The re... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3639711 Mon, 31 May 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3639711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3337428&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00227.x ed in this issue. Michelle GoldbergThe Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3337428 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3337428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3337427&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00226.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3337427 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3337427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3337426&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00225.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3337426 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3337426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3337425&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00224.x A randomized community trial of a family planning outreach program was conducted in Rakai District, Uganda. Five communities received standard services; six intervention communities received additional family planning information, counseling, and contraceptive methods from government service providers and community-based volunteer agents using social marketing and other strategies. Condom use was promoted in all of the communities. The community-based family planning outreach program was implemented in two phases[mdash]1999[ndash]2000 (early) and 2001 (late)[mdash]and its impact was evaluated by means of population surveys in 2002[ndash]03. At follow-up, hormonal contraceptive prevalence was 23 percent in the intervention communities, compared with 20 percent in the control communities. Th... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3337425 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3337425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3337424&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00223.x In this study, we describe typical patterns of change (or stability) in individual fertility preferences over a period of five years using a prospective panel study of women of reproductive age in six communities in southern Ghana. We investigate whether patterns of change are consistent with women's reproductive life circumstances by first comparing responses between successive interviews and then over multiple interviews using latent class analysis. We find that approximately 20 percent of the sample changed their fertility preference from one interview to the next. Women who had attained or exceeded their ideal family size show considerable stability in their desire to stop childbearing over multiple interviews. This desire does not waver even when they experience unwanted pregnancies. ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3337424 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3337424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3337423&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00222.x This study examines the effects of rural[ndash]urban return migration on women's family planning and reproductive health attitudes and behavior in the sending areas of rural China. Based on data from a survey of rural women aged 16[ndash]40 in Sichuan and Anhui Provinces in 2000, our study finds that migrant women returning from cities to the countryside, especially those who have been living in a large city, are more likely than nonmigrant women to adopt positive family planning and reproductive health attitudes and behavior in their rural communities of origin. We find, moreover, that living in a rural community where the prevalence of such return migrant women is higher is positively associated with new fertility and gender attitudes and with knowledge of self-controllable contraceptive... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3337423 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3337423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3337422&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00221.x This study uses data from the 2003 Zambia Sexual Behaviour Survey and other surveys to conduct multilevel analyses to assess the influence of each of these various characteristics on condom use in Zambia. The results show that condom use increases with interpersonal communication concerning HIV/AIDS, community infrastructural development, and access to condoms, and decreases with population growth rate and density. The findings suggest that condom-promotion efforts should be attentive to community-level social norms, population trends, and informal social relationships and interpersonal communication. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3337422 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3337422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3337421&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2010.00220.x This article provides insight into these issues by examining sociodemographic correlates of men's multiple sexual partnerships using data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys in 15 sub-Saharan African countries. The prevalence of self-reported multiple partnerships varies widely among countries. Sociodemographic patterns of such partnerships confirm the importance of men's control of economic resources and suggest that men's freedom from social control mechanisms may be more important than their authority over their wives. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3337421 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3337421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065934&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00219.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065934 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065933&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00218.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065933 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065932&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00217.x ed in this issue. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065932 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065931&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00216.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065931 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065930&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00215.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065930 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065929&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00214.x This study examines the use of dual-protection strategies in a sample of 15[ndash]49-year-old men and women in Botswana in 2003. Half of sexually active respondents reported consistent condom use in the past year; 2.5 percent reported dual-method use. Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that urban residence, less than a ten-year age difference between partners, discussing HIV and contraception with one's partner, not intending to have a child in the next year, having no children, being in a relationship where one or both partners have additional concurrent partners, and supportive condom norms were associated with dual protection[mdash]that is, with consistent condom or dual-method use. In the context of high HIV prevalence, concerns about disease prevention likely influence contr... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065929 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065928&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00213.x A pre- and post-test comparison-group design was used to evaluate the effect of a community education program on community members' willingness to abandon female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in rural areas of southern Senegal. Developed by TOSTAN (a Senegalese nongovernmental organization), the education program aimed to empower women through a broad range of educational and health-promoting activities. Our findings suggest that information from the program was diffused widely within the intervention villages, as indicated by improvements in knowledge about and critical attitudes toward FGM/C among women and men who had and had not participated in the program, without corresponding improvement in the comparison villages. The prevalence of FGM/C among daughters aged ten years and youn... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065928 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065927&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00212.x This study evaluates the impact of the African Youth Alliance (AYA) program on the sexual behavior of young people aged 17[ndash]22 in Uganda. Between 2000 and 2005, the comprehensive multicomponent AYA program implemented behavior-change communication and youth-friendly clinical services, and it coordinated policy and advocacy. The program provided institutional capacity building and established coordination mechanisms between agencies that implemented programs for young people. The analysis of findings from both a self-reported exposure design and a static group comparison design indicated that AYA had a positive impact on sexual behavior among young females but not among young males. AYA-exposed girls were at least 13 percentage points more likely to report having used a condom at last ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065927 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065926&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00211.x This study compares three surveys of young people aged 15[ndash]24 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in terms of their sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behaviors and the surveys' usefulness for identifying young people at high risk and for program planning. The surveys consist of responses from: a representative sample of young people in the 2005[ndash]06 Haiti Demographic and Health Survey (HDHS), a 2004 facility-based study, and a 2006[ndash]07 venue-based study that used the Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) method. The facility-based and PLACE studies included larger proportions of single, sexually experienced young people and people who knew someone with HIV/AIDS than did the HDHS. More respondents in the PLACE sample had multiple sex partners in the past year and r... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065926 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3065925&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00210.x Although HIV-prevalence and fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa are among the highest in the world, little is known about how HIV infection affects the fertility preferences of men and women in the region. A quasi-experimental design and in-depth interviews conducted in rural Malawi are employed to examine how and through what pathways learning that one is HIV positive alters a person's childbearing desires. Among rural Malawians, particularly men, the desire to have more children decreases after receiving a positive HIV-test result. The motivations underlying this effect are greatly influenced by gender: women fear the physical health consequences of HIV-positive pregnancies and childbearing, whereas men see childbearing as futile because they anticipate their own early death and the de... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3065925 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3065925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743209&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00201.x The last comprehensive literature review to examine the effectiveness of family planning (FP) services in delivering STI and HIV prevention and care was published in 2000. This review updates that report by examining evidence of the impact of integrating any component of STI or HIV prevention, care, and treatment into a family planning setting in developing countries. Forty-four reports were identified from a comprehensive search of published databases and "grey literature." The weight of evidence demonstrates that integrated services can have a positive impact on client satisfaction, improve access to component services, and reduce clinic-based HIV-related stigma, and that they are cost-effective. Evidence of FP services reaching men and adolescents and of their impact on health outcomes ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743209 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:53:24 +0100 2743209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743217&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00209.x Books reviewed in this issue. Knut-Inge Klepp, Alan J. Flisher, and Sylvia F. Kaaya, editorsPromoting Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in East and Southern Africa Anne Firth MurrayFrom Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743217 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2743217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743216&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00208.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743216 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2743216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743215&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00207.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743215 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2743215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743214&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00206.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743214 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2743214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743213&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00205.x In this study, we establish data consistency between the 1998 and 2004 surveys by comparing a series of cohort-specific period rates and use the Bongaarts framework of proximate determinants of fertility to demonstrate that an increase in the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) between 1998 and 2004 fully accounts for the fertility decline. Decomposition of rates shows that changes in group-specific CPRs explain a greater proportion of the change in the overall CPR than do changes in population composition by educational attainment, urban residence, region, and language spoken at home. Finally, we show that younger cohorts of women in 2004 reported ideal completed fertility desires of less than 2.9 births, suggesting that the fertility rate is likely to continue to decrease. (Source: Studi... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743213 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2743213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743212&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00204.x This article draws on the secondary literature and on several nationally representative surveys from the two countries between 1978 and 2005 to provide empirical evidence of the difference in the pace of fertility decline and to analyze the determinants of the differential. Findings include (a) variation across the two countries in the consistency of fertility decline among the segments of the population leading the transition; (b) that the success of each country's family planning program was influenced by the role of political leaders and the extent of the program's integration within socioeconomic development objectives; (c) that the impact of contraception on TFR decline became an important factor in the mid-1980s; and (d) that the greatest determinant of the discrepancy in the pace of... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743212 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2743212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743211&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00203.x Short birth intervals can have adverse consequences for maternal and infant outcomes. Optimal birth spacing is often presumed to be achieved through the practice of family planning and use of contraceptives, yet most of the available research does not address explicitly the contribution of contraceptive-method use to birth spacing or maternal and infant survival. We conducted a systematic literature review to assess the body of evidence linking contraceptive use to birth-interval length. Fourteen studies published in English between 1980 and 2008 met our eligibility criteria for inclusion. The findings from these studies are mixed but suggest that the use of contraceptives is protective against short birth intervals. Although results are favorable, many of the studies and methodologies emp... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743211 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2743211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2743210&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00202.x We describe several reasons for this shift in emphasis. Although the shift is understandable, we argue for a sustained focus on behavioral mechanisms in HIV research in order to realize the theoretical promise of interventions targeting the biological aspects of HIV risk. We also provide evidence to suggest that large reductions in HIV prevalence may be accomplished by small changes in behavior. Moreover, we contend that behavioral mechanisms will find their proper place in HIV epidemiology and prevention only when investigators adopt a conceptual model that treats prevalence as a determinant as well as an outcome of behavior and that explicitly recognizes the dynamic interdependence between behavior and other epidemiological and demographic parameters. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2743210 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2743210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2467000&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00200.x Books reviewed in this issue. Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, editor Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives Gavin Jones, Paulin Tay Straughan, and Angelique Chan, editors Ultra-low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Issues (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2467000 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2467000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2466999&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00199.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2466999 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2466999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2466998&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00198.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2466998 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2466998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2466997&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00197.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2466997 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2466997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2466996&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00196.x This study examines the changing social and political context of adolescent sexual and reproductive health policy in Indonesia. We describe how, in 2001, Indonesia was on the brink of implementing an adolescent reproductive health policy that was consistent with international agreements to which the Indonesian government was a party. Although the health of young Indonesians was known to be at risk, the opportunity for reform passed quickly with the emergence of a new competing force, Middle Eastern fundamentalist Islam. Faced with the risk of regional separatism and competing politico-religious influences, the Indonesian government retreated to the safety of inaction in this area of policy. In the absence of a supportive and committed political environment that reinforces policy specifical... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2466996 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2466996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2466995&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00195.x This study identifies factors that facilitate acceptance of postabortion contraception among women using Cambodia's public health facilities. Data were collected in all of Cambodia's hospitals with obstetric and delivery services (n = 71) and a representative sample of 115 of its 887 health-care centers, and from women seeking induced abortion or with abortion complications who presented to selected facilities during a three-week period (n = 933). Weighted data from 316 women who reported not wanting to become pregnant within the next few months and who presented to facilities that provide postabortion contraceptives were analyzed for bivariate and multivariate associations. Approximately 42 percent of women accepted contraceptives at the conclusion of care. After controlling for individua... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2466995 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2466995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2466994&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00194.x This study examines the influence of women's religious affiliation on contraceptive use and fertility among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana. Analysis of longitudinal data for women in 1995 and 2003 shows that 61 percent of women changed their religion, with shifts from traditional beliefs to Christianity being dominant. Moreover, women were more likely than men to make such a change. Regression results show that, compared with those who did not change, switching from traditional religion to Christianity or Islam is associated with increased contraceptive use and decreased fertility. The more rapid change in religious affiliation among women than men may have social consequences for the status of women, signaling a trend toward greater autonomy in the family and new aspirations, value... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2466994 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2466994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2466993&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00193.x This study draws from recent Demographic and Health Surveys from ten sub-Saharan African countries to examine the relationship between orphanhood status and measures of early marriage, early sexual debut, and teen pregnancy among adolescent girls aged 15 to 17. Results indicate that, overall, little association is found between orphanhood and early marriage or teen pregnancy, whereas evidence from seven countries supports associations between orphanhood and early sexual debut. Findings are sensitive to the use of multivariate models, type of orphan, and country setting. Orphanhood status alone may not be a sufficient targeting mechanism for addressing these outcomes in many countries; a broader, multidimensional targeting scheme including orphan type, schooling, and poverty measures would ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2466993 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2466993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2466992&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00192.x Widely used dichotomous categorical measures of pregnancy intentions do not represent well the complexity of factors involved in women's intentions. We used a variety of exploratory statistical methods to examine measures of pregnancy intention in the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (N = 3,032 pregnancies). Factor analyses identified two key dimensions of pregnancy intentions (desire and mistiming) and two smaller nondimensional categories (overdue and don't care). Desire included both affective and cognitive variables, as well as partner-specific factors. Similar pregnancy-intention dimensions were found for adolescent and adult women, across socioeconomic status, and among racial and ethnic groups. Both desire and mistiming were highly predictive of the decision to abort or continu... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2466992 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2466992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220564&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00182.x This study explores the dimensions and context of this change in three sites at different stages in the process of modernization: Hanoi (early), Shanghai (intermediate), and Taipei (later stage). A survey was conducted of 17,016 males and females aged 15[ndash]24 in urban and rural settings in three large metropolitan areas. Survival analysis and Cox regressions were performed to explore ages of respondents at key transitions and the significance of differences between two age cohorts: 15[ndash]19 and 20[ndash]24. Significant differences are found in levels of sexual and other transitions, even within the narrow time span reflected by the age cohorts. The findings highlight the differential impact of modernization on adolescent sexual behavior as traditional societies undergo social change... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220564 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:28:46 +0100 2220564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220573&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00191.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220573 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220572&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00190.x Books reviewed in this issue. Elizabeth Pisani The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS Isabelle Attané and Christophe Z. Guilmoto, editors Watering the Neighbour's Garden: The Growing Demographic Female Deficit in Asia (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220572 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220571&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00189.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220571 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220570&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00188.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220570 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220569&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00187.x The global diversity of HIV epidemics can be explained in part by types and patterns of sexual partnerships. We offer a typology of sexual partnerships that corresponds to varying levels of HIV-transmission risk to help guide thinking about appropriate behavioral interventions, particularly in the epidemics of sub-Saharan Africa. Declines in HIV prevalence have been associated with reductions in numbers of sex partners, whereas many other prevention strategies have not been demonstrated to reduce HIV transmission at a population level. We suggest a reorientation of current prevention efforts, based on the epidemiology of sexually transmitted HIV epidemics and trends in sexual behavior change. Concurrent sexual partnerships are likely to play a large role in transmission dynamics in the gen... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220569 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220568&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00186.x Oportunidades, a conditional cash-transfer program instituted in Mexico in 1997, provides cash incentives to mothers to invest in the health and education of family members. Drawing from data gathered by Mexico's National Institute of Public Health, this study assesses the effect of the program on contraceptive use and birth spacing among titulares (female household heads) living in rural areas during the experimental period, 1998[ndash]2000, and during 2000[ndash]03, after incorporation of the control group. In 2000, titulares were more likely to use modern contraceptives than were women in the control group, although by 2003 all beneficiaries had the same probability of use. Change in autonomy was not a mediator, although baseline autonomy modified the program's influence on contraceptiv... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220568 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220567&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00185.x The private sector's role in increasing the use of maternal health care for the poor in developing countries has received increasing attention, yet few data exist for urban slums. Using household-survey data from 1,926 mothers in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, collected in 2006, we describe and examine the factors associated with women's use of private and government health facilities for childbirth. More women gave birth at private facilities located in the settlements than at government facilities, and one-third of the women gave birth at home or with the assistance of a traditional birth attendant. In multivariate models, women's education, ethnic group, and household wealth were associated with institutional deliveries, especially in government hospitals. Residents in the ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220567 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220566&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00184.x Data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey are used to investigate the impact of a major expansion in access to midwifery services on women's use of antenatal care and delivery assistance. Between 1991 and 1998, Indonesia trained some 50,000 midwives, placing them in poor communities that were distant from health-care centers. We analyze information from pregnancy histories to relate changes in the choices that individual women make across pregnancies to the arrival of a trained midwife in the village. We show that regardless of a woman's educational level, the placement of village midwives in communities is associated with significant increases in women's receipt of iron tablets and in their choices about care during delivery[mdash]changes that reflect their moving away from reliance on t... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220566 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2220565&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2009.00183.x Cuba's annual induced abortion rate persistently ranks among the highest in the world, and abortion plays a prominent role in Cuban fertility regulation despite widespread contraceptive prevalence and state promotion of modern contraceptives. We explore this phenomenon using the concept of an "abortion culture," typically used in reference to Soviet and post-Soviet countries. We synthesize existing literature to provide a historical account of abortion and contraception in Cuba. We also provide a qualitative analysis of abortion and contraceptive use based on in-depth interviews conducted in 2005 in Havana with 24 women who have had an abortion and 10 men whose partners have had an abortion. Information gained from a focus-group discussion with medical professionals also informed the study... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2220565 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2220565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988453&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00172.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988453 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:43:04 +0100 1988453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988462&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00181.x This study uses data from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to examine the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy and subsequent educational pathways. We find that prior schooling discontinuities[mdash]defined as instances of non-pregnancy-related grade repetition or temporary withdrawals from school[mdash]are strongly associated with a young woman's likelihood of later becoming pregnant while enrolled in school, dropping out of school if she becomes pregnant, and not returning to school following a pregnancy-related dropout. Young women who are the primary caregivers to their children are also significantly more likely to leave school than are those who have help with their childcare responsibilities. Given the increasing importance of female school participation in sub-Saharan Africa, p... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988462 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988461&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00180.x This study examines transitions in schooling, sexual activity, and pregnancy among adolescents and young adults in urban South Africa. Data are analyzed from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), a recently collected longitudinal survey of young adults and their families in metropolitan Cape Town. We find that teen pregnancy is not entirely inconsistent with continued schooling, especially for African (black) women. More than 50 percent of African women who were pregnant at age 16 or 17 were enrolled in school the following year. We estimate probit regressions to identify the impact of individual and household characteristics on sexual debut, pregnancy, and school dropout between 2002 and 2005. We find that male and female students who performed well on a literacy and numeracy exam administere... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988461 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988460&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00179.x With the spread of formal schooling in sub-Saharan Africa and delays in the age at marriage, a growing proportion of adolescents remain enrolled in school when they "come of age." As a consequence, more and more adolescents have to negotiate sexual maturation and sexual initiation in a vastly different context from that of prior generations. Using data from the 2004 National Survey of Adolescents conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda, we investigate the empirical association between premarital sex and leaving school among those who were enrolled in school at the outset of adolescence (age 12). Discrete-time logistic regression models show that, in general, girls are more likely than boys to leave school before completing secondary school, before completing primary school, an... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988460 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988459&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00178.x This study investigates the reporting of premarital sex in rural southern Malawi. It summarizes the results of an interview-mode experiment conducted with unmarried young women aged 15[ndash]21 in which respondents were randomly assigned to either an audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI) or a conventional face-to-face (FTF) interview. In addition, biomarkers were collected for HIV and three STIs: gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. Prior to collecting the biomarkers, nurses conducted a short face-to-face interview in which they repeated questions about sexual behavior. The study builds on earlier research among adolescents in Kenya where we first investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of ACASI. In both Malawi and Kenya, the mode of interviewing and questions about ty... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988459 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988458&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00177.x This study draws upon data from the 2002 Cameroon Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey to analyze the determinants of young women's perceived ability to refuse sex in urban Cameroon. Our findings are consistent with predictions of social exchange theory: young women's status characteristics predict their vulnerability differently under different circumstances, and, overall, young women report having a lower ability to refuse sex in their relationships with men who offer to pay their school fees than in their relationships with men in positions of power over them. The costs and benefits of sexual exchanges made in order to continue one's education increase simultaneously in a context of declining enrollments and spreading HIV infection. When educational aspirations exceed opportunities, po... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988458 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988457&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00176.x Certain sexual partnering practices, such as multiple, concurrent, or age-discrepant partnerships, are known to increase HIV risk. Yet the underlying dynamics of young people's relationships are less clearly understood. Using household survey and qualitative data, this study examines partnership dynamics and characteristics in the context of HIV risk, including number of partners, age differences, partnership duration and concurrency, and frequency of contact among young people aged 15[ndash]24 in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. One-third of the men surveyed reported multiple and/or concurrent partnering, and one-fourth of the women had partners who were five years older than they were. Nonparticipation in civic organizations or school was correlated with higher-risk partnerships for wo... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988457 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988456&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00175.x This study presents findings regarding abortion practices and beliefs among adolescents and young adults in Tanzania, where abortion is illegal. From 1999 to 2002, six researchers carried out participant observation in nine villages and conducted group discussions and interviews in three others. Most informants opposed abortion as illegal, immoral, dangerous, or unacceptable without the man's consent, and many reported that ancestral spirits killed women who aborted clan descendants. Nonetheless, abortion was widely, if infrequently, attempted, by ingestion of laundry detergent, chloroquine, ashes, and specific herbs. Most women who attempted abortion were young, single, and desperate. Some succeeded, but they experienced opposition from sexual partners, sexual exploitation by practitioner... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988456 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988455&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00174.x Analysis of data from a questionnaire survey of 2,000 young Malians undertaken by the authors in 2002 demonstrates that, even in underprivileged urban and rural populations, changes in sexual behavior are emerging. Among women, first sex and motherhood are taking place slightly later, and a minority is now dissociating sexuality and procreation. Our data confirm the considerable impact of female education on this transition. Girls' sexual activity before procreation is also influenced by lower religiosity. Among men, in contrast, in a traditional context of late sexual debut and fatherhood, the trend is toward earlier sexual activity and procreation. Fatherhood is delayed, however, among better-educated, wealthier, and less religious urban men, who therefore experience a longer period of s... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988455 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1988454&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00173.x This study puts forth three criteria for assessing the extent to which the timing of sexual, marital, and reproductive transitions among male and female adolescents could be considered "too young": (1) the physiological maturation of the body; (2) the cognitive capacity for making safe, informed, and voluntary decisions; and (3) institutionalized concepts of "old enough" for consent to sexual intercourse and marriage as reflected in legal frameworks and international standards. Expansion of the age grouping of adolescence is proposed, from the customary 15[ndash]19 into three age categories[mdash]early adolescence (ages 10[ndash]14, or 10[ndash]11 and 12[ndash]14), middle adolescence (15[ndash]17), and late adolescence (18[ndash]19)[mdash]to better capture the age-specific variations in th... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1988454 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1988454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1737885&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.164.x This study draws upon data from the 2004 Slow Fertility Transition survey, a follow-up to the 2003 Egypt Interim Demographic and Health Survey, to investigate obstacles to achieving replacement fertility. To account for the likelihood of embracing the two-child ideal, the analysis adopts a framework with the acronym APA: Acceptance of the two-child ideal, Preference for that ideal, and Achievement of that preference. The framework posits a hierarchy among the three and hypothesizes that each depends on a set of factors, including gender stratification, economic expectations, perception of the costs and benefits of having children, and the costs of fertility regulation. The results indicate that son preference and the perceived low cost of childrearing are major obstacles to the acceptance ... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1737885 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:55:44 +0100 1737885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1737892&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.171.x Books reviewed in this issue. Bonnie Shepard Running the Obstacle Course to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from Latin America Ylva Hernlund and Bettina Shell-Duncan, editors Transcultural Bodies: Female Genital Cutting in Global Context M. Catherine Maternowska Reproducing Inequities: Poverty and the Politics of Population in Haiti (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1737892 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1737892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1737891&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.170.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1737891 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1737891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1737890&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.169.x (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1737890 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1737890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1737889&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.168.x This study assesses the effects of a communication campaign designed to encourage young people in northern Nigeria to use modern family planning methods to avoid unwanted pregnancies. The analyses are based on a sample of 819 sexually experienced women. Using multivariate probit regression, we attempt to correct for possible endogeneity among campaign exposure, contraceptive ideation, and contraceptive use. Our analysis reveals that the direct effect of campaign exposure on the probability of contraceptive use is only marginally significant, but the effect of exposure on contraceptive ideation is robust, as is the effect of contraceptive ideation on contraceptive use. The findings demonstrate not only the success of the program but also the relevance of incorporating ideation into analytic... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1737889 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1737889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1737888&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.167.x Workers in Mexico's maquiladoras (assembly plants) are mainly young, single women, many of whom could benefit from emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs). Because ECPs are readily available in Mexico, women who know about the therapy can obtain it easily. Do maquiladora workers know about the method? Could worksite programs help increase awareness? To investigate these questions, we conducted a five-month intervention during which workers in three maquiladoras along the Mexico-United States border could attend educational talks on ECPs, receive pamphlets, and obtain kits containing EC supplies. Among the workers exposed to our intervention, knowledge of ECPs increased. Reported ECP use also increased. Although our intervention apparently increased workers' knowledge and use, the factory prov... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1737888 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1737888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1737887&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.166.x In this study, we examine whether exclusive reliance on differentials biases this understanding, Findings based on recent data from sub-Saharan Africa show bias. We find that historical and especially cross-country comparisons can yield substantially different conclusions about the magnitude and even the direction of inequality patterns and trends, depending on whether differentials or fuller-information measures are used. For instance, the fertility differentials associated with education have remained relatively stable as national fertility has fallen, but inequality (as calculated by a fuller measure) has increased. Such results underscore the value of complementing existing studies of fertility differentials with analyses based on fuller-information measures. The analyses also show how... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1737887 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1737887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1737886&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.165.x This study examines the relationship between male-to-female physical domestic violence and unwanted pregnancy among women in three economically and culturally diverse areas of India. A central methodological focus of the study is the examination of retrospective and prospective measures of pregnancy unwantedness, contrasting their usefulness for specifying levels of unwanted pregnancy and its relationship with domestic violence. Data from India's 1998[ndash]99 National Family Health Survey and a 2002[ndash]03 follow-up survey for which women in four states were reinterviewed are analyzed, and the factors associated with the intersurvey adoption of contraception and the experience of an unwanted pregnancy are examined. Women who experience physical violence from their husbands are significa... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1737886 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1737886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1614138&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1728-4465.2008.00156.x This study draws on ethnographic fieldwork in Degollado, Mexico, to describe generational and social-contextual differences in how women interpret and use religious doctrine to achieve their fertility desires without jeopardizing their standing as devout Catholics. Contrasting the family planning beliefs and practices of young Mexican women with those of older women (many of whom are the younger women's parents and in-laws), in a rural town in which the religious regulation of everyday life is pervasive, reveals how a common set of religious teachings and principles can be used to guide two different generational strategies for fertility regulation. The ethnographic data presented here highlight the creativity with which people use religious frameworks to justify their behavior. Research e... Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1614138 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1614138 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1457087&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00157.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 105-110, June 2008. Over the past quarter-century, fertility has declined rapidly in many developing countries. Projections typically assume that this trend will continue until replacement level is reached. Recent evidence suggests, however, that ongoing fertility declines ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1457087 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:40 +0100 1457087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1457092&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00162.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 147-152, June 2008. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1457092 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:39 +0100 1457092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1457091&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00161.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 141-146, June 2008. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1457091 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:37 +0100 1457091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1457088&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00158.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 111-122, June 2008. Iran has experienced a dramatic decline in fertility in recent decades, but limited access to legal abortion continues to lead many women whose pregnancies are unwanted or mistimed to undergo clandestine, unsafe abortions. No official data on the ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1457088 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:37 +0100 1457088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1457090&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00160.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR This study draws on interviews using a modified preceding birth technique (PBT) with women attending antenatal and ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1457090 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:36 +0100 1457090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1457093&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00163.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 153-160, June 2008. Books reviewed in this issue. Warren C. Robinson and John A. Ross, editors The Global Family Planning Revolution: Three Decades of Population Policies and Programs. Arlette Campbell White, Thomas W. Merrick, and Abdo S. Yazbeck Reproductive Health—The ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1457093 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:31 +0100 1457093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1457089&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00159.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR This study examines the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and women's experience of interference with their attempts to avoid pregnancy among 353 women surveyed at reproductive health clinics throughout Jordan. Approximately 20 percent ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1457089 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:31 +0100 1457089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260819&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00147.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 1-17, March 2008. Using data from a panel survey of a representative probability sample of Russian households, we examine how individual traits, locality, and "sex-event context" are associated with condom use in contemporary Russia. At the individual level, age has ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260819 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:14:51 +0100 1260819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260820&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00148.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR This article provides a critical review of studies assessing the effects of unintended pregnancy on the health of infants, children, and parents in developed and developing countries. A framework for determining and measuring the pathways between ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260820 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:23:14 +0100 1260820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260827&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00155.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 85-87, March 2008. Book reviewed in this articles. Saul Halfon The Cairo Consensus: Demographic Surveys, Women's Empowerment, and Regime Change in Population Policy Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Che-Fu Lee, Chiung-Fang Chang, Sherry L. McKibben, and Carol S. Walther, editors ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260827 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:23:13 +0100 1260827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260826&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00154.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 79-84, March 2008. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260826 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:23:12 +0100 1260826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260825&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00153.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 73-78, March 2008. (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260825 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:23:12 +0100 1260825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260822&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00150.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR This article presents findings from a 2002 survey conducted in six rural villages in Bangladesh ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260822 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:23:09 +0100 1260822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260823&cid=s_31007_46_f&fid=31007&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackwell-synergy.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1111%2Fj.1728-4465.2008.00151.x%3Fai%3D87h%26mi%3D4p65t%26af%3DR Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 59-68, March 2008. We investigated reported policies and practices of normal delivery in Jordanian hospitals to assess whether these practices are evidence-based and whether women are given choices in delivery. Staff at a nationally representative sample of 30 hospitals ... (Source: Studies in Family Planning) Studies in Family Planning journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260823 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:23:06 +0100 1260823