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Integration of STI and HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment into Family Planning Services: A Review of the LiteratureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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, ...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 29, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kathryn Church, Susannah H. Mayhew Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Book reviewsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: BOOK REVIEWS Source Type: journals

Pakistan 2006–07: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: journals

Namibia 2006–07: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: journals

Meeting the Family Planning Needs of Postpartum WomenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ricardo Vernon Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: journals

Fertility Decline in ParaguayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kanako Ishida, Paul Stupp, Mercedes Melian Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Toward Replacement Fertility in Egypt and TunisiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Eltigani E. Eltigani Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

How Contraceptive Use Affects Birth Intervals: Results of a Literature ReviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 a...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Marissa Pine Yeakey, Carie J. Muntifering, Daesha V. Ramachandran, YeMon Myint, Andreea A. Creanga, Amy O. Tsui Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Behavioral Mechanisms in HIV Epidemiology and Prevention: Past, Present, and Future RolesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 behav...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, Arline T. Geronimus Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

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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)
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: BOOK REVIEWS Source Type: journals

Uganda 2006: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: journals

Azerbaijan 2006: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: journals

Fragile, Threatened, and Still Urgently Needed: Family Planning Programs in Sub-Saharan AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Roy Jacobstein, Lynn Bakamjian, John M. Pile, Jane Wickstrom Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: journals

Adolescent Reproductive Health in Indonesia: Contested Values and Policy InactionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 g...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo, Peter McDonald Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Determinants of Contraceptive Acceptance Among Cambodian Abortion PatientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 ...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Janna McDougall, Tamara Fetters, Kathryn Andersen Clark, Tung Rathavy Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

The Influence of Changes in Women's Religious Affiliation on Contraceptive Use and Fertility Among the Kassena-Nankana of Northern GhanaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Henry V. Doctor, James F. Phillips, Evelyn Sakeah Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Are Female Orphans at Risk for Early Marriage, Early Sexual Debut, and Teen Pregnancy? Evidence from Sub-Saharan AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 targe...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tia Palermo, Amber Peterman Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Toward a Multidimensional Measure of Pregnancy Intentions: Evidence from the United StatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 adolesc...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: John S. Santelli, Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Mark G. Orr, Lawrence B. Finer, Ilene Speizer Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Levels of Change in Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Three Asian CitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 ...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 28, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Laurie Schwab Zabin, Mark R. Emerson, Li Nan, Lou Chaohua, Gao Ersheng, Nguyen Huu Minh, Yi-Li Chuang, Baai Shyun Hurng, David Bishai, Robert W. Blum Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

CorrectionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: CORRECTIONS Source Type: journals

Book reviewsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: BOOK REVIEWS Source Type: journals

Swaziland 2006–07: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: journals

Nepal 2006: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: journals

A Framework of Sexual Partnerships: Risks and Implications for HIV Prevention in AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 s...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Edward C. Green, Timothy L. Mah, Allison Ruark, Norman Hearst Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: journals

Contraceptive Use, Birth Spacing, and Autonomy: An Analysis of the Oportunidades Program in Rural MexicoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 ...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Becca S. Feldman, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Majid Ezzati, Karen E. Peterson, Marc Mitchell Tags: REPORTS Source Type: journals

Women's Use of Private and Government Health Facilities for Childbirth in Nairobi's. Informal SettlementsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 multi...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Eva S. Bazant, Michael A. Koenig, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Samuel Mills Tags: REPORTS Source Type: journals

Do Women Increase Their Use of Reproductive Health Care When It Becomes More Available? Evidence from IndonesiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 wit...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Elizabeth Frankenberg, Alison Buttenheim, Bondan Sikoki, Wayan Suriastini Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

The Persistence of Induced Abortion in Cuba: Exploring the Notion of an "Abortion Culture"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 wh...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - February 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Danièle Bélanger, Andrea Flynn Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Introduction to the Special Issue on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 27, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Fatima Juárez, Thomas LeGrand, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Susheela Singh Tags: Introduction Source Type: journals

Pregnancy-related School Dropout and Prior School Performance in KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 t...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Monica J. Grant, Kelly K. Hallman Tags: SCHOOLING AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Source Type: journals

Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Schooling Among Young People in Urban South AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 ...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Letícia Marteleto, David Lam, Vimal Ranchhod Tags: SCHOOLING AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Source Type: journals

Associations Between Premarital Sex and Leaving School in Four Sub-Saharan African CountriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 ...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ann Biddlecom, Richard Gregory, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Barbara S. Mensch Tags: SCHOOLING AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Source Type: journals

Sexual Behavior and STI/HIV Status Among Adolescents in Rural Malawi: An Evaluation of the Effect of Interview Mode on ReportingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 am...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Barbara S. Mensch, Paul C. Hewett, Richard Gregory, Stephane Helleringer Tags: HIV RISK Source Type: journals

Young Women's Perceived Ability to Refuse Sex in Urban CameroonEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Megan Klein Hattori, Laurie DeRose Tags: HIV RISK Source Type: journals

Young People's Sexual Partnerships in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Patterns, Contextual Influences, and HIV RiskEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Abigail Harrison, John Cleland, Janet Frohlich Tags: HIV RISK Source Type: journals

Aborting and Suspending Pregnancy in Rural Tanzania: An Ethnography of Young People's Beliefs and PracticesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mary L. Plummer, Joyce Wamoyi, Kija Nyalali, Gerry Mshana, Zachayo S. Shigongo, David A. Ross, Daniel Wight Tags: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TRANSITIONS Source Type: journals

The Start of the Sexual Transition in Mali: Risks and OpportunitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 sexu...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Claudine Sauvain-Dugerdil, Bassoutoura Gakou, Fatou Berthé, Abdoul Wahab Dieng, Gilbert Ritschard, Mathias Lerch Tags: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TRANSITIONS Source Type: journals

How Young is "Too Young"? Comparative Perspectives on Adolescent Sexual, Marital, and Reproductive TransitionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - November 24, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ruth Dixon-Mueller Tags: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TRANSITIONS Source Type: journals

The Path to Replacement Fertility in Egypt: Acceptance, Preference, and AchievementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 c...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 29, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Laila O. El-Zeini Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Book ReviewsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 26, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

Zimbabwe 2005–06: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 26, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Data Source Type: journals

Armenia 2005: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 26, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Data Source Type: journals

The Effects of a Communication Program on Contraceptive Ideation and Use Among Young Women in Northern NigeriaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 o...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 26, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Stella Babalola, Lisa Folda, Hadiza Babayaro Tags: Reports Source Type: journals

Knowledge and Opinions of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Among Female Factory Workers in Tijuana, MexicoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 o...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 26, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sandra G. García, Davida Becker, Marcela Martínez de Castro, Francisco Paz, Claudia Díaz Olavarrieta, Dolores Acevedo-García Tags: Reports Source Type: journals

Reproductive Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Differentials versus ConcentrationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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. Suc...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 26, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sarah C. Giroux, Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue, Daniel T. Lichter Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Domestic Violence, Contraceptive Use, and Unwanted Pregnancy in Rural IndiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 th...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - August 26, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rob Stephenson, Michael A. Koenig, Rajib Acharya, Tarun K. Roy Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Catholics Using Contraceptives: Religion, Family Planning, and Interpretive Agency in Rural MexicoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 strategie...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jennifer S. Hirsch Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Fertility Transitions in Developing Countries: Progress or Stagnation?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
Source: Studies in Family Planning - May 20, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Tags: article Source Type: journals

Rwanda 2005: Results from the Demographic and Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Studies in Family Planning, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 147-152, June 2008. (Source: Studies in Family Planning)
Source: Studies in Family Planning - May 20, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Tags: article Source Type: journals