Integrating Family Planning Promotion into the Work of Environmental Volunteers: A Population, Health and Environment Initiative in Kenya.

Integrating Family Planning Promotion into the Work of Environmental Volunteers: A Population, Health and Environment Initiative in Kenya. Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2015 Mar;41(1):43-50 Authors: Hoke TH, Mackenzie C, Vance G, Boyer B, Canoutas E, Bratt J, Mbulo A, Waceke N Abstract Voluntary use of family planning is instrumental to the health and social well-being of women, families and communities.Although contraceptive use in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing, unmet need for family planning remains high. Even within countries that have achieved increases in contraceptive prevalence, use remains low among some population subgroups. Contraceptive prevalence is generally lower in rural areas than in cities, and is consistently lower among women in the lowest wealth quintile than among those in the highest. Achieving progress in health and social indicators, such as those captured by the Millennium Development Goals, depends on expanding family planning services to poor, remote rural areas in Africa. PMID: 25856236 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - Category: Global & Universal Tags: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health Source Type: research