School Socioeconomic Composition and Adolescent Sexual Initiation in Malawi
This study also finds that the association between school socioeconomic composition and sexual activity is statistically significant among male adolescents but not female adolescents, suggesting that schools’ socioeconomic contexts may be more relevant to male adolescents’ initiation of sexual activity. (Source: Studies in Family Planning)
Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jinho Kim Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Community Health Workers’ Provision of Family Planning Services in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness
This systematic review evaluates the strength of the evidence that community health workers’ (CHW) provision of family planning (FP) services in low‐ and middle‐income countries is effective. In a search of eight databases, articles were screened by study design and outcome measure and ranked by strength of evidence. Only randomized trials, longitudinal studies with a comparison group, and pre‐test/post‐test studies met inclusion criteria. A total of 56 studies were included. Of those studies with relevant data, approximately 93 percent indicated that CHW FP programs effectively increased the use of modern contra...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Valerie K. Scott, Lindsey B. Gottschalk, Kelsey Q. Wright, Claire Twose, Meghan A. Bohren, Megan E. Schmitt, Nuriye Ortayli Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Amy Ong Tsui reviews The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution, by Jonathan Eig
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Amy Ong Tsui Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Mali 2012–13 DHS
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: research
Jordan 2012 DHS
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: research
Men's Perspectives on Their Role in Family Planning in Nyanza Province, Kenya
Research has indicated that gender dynamics—and in particular men's disapproval of family planning—have had an influence on the low levels of contraceptive use in sub‐Saharan Africa. Limited evidence exists, however, on effective strategies to increase male approval. We conducted 12 focus group discussions with married men aged 20–66 (N = 106) in Kenya to explore FP perceptions. Men's disapproval of FP was associated with anxieties regarding male identity and gender roles. Men often distrusted FP information provided by their wives because they suspected infidelity or feared being viewed as “herded.” Men also f...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mellissa Withers, Shari L. Dworkin, Maricianah Onono, Beryl Oyier, Craig R. Cohen, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Sara J. Newmann Tags: REPORT Source Type: research
Fertility Limitation and Child Schooling in Ouagadougou: Selective Fertility or Resource Dilution?
Using original data collected in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, this study investigates evidence for the competing theories that fertility reductions increase children's education through either the quantity–quality tradeoff (intentionally choosing smaller families to make greater investments in education and other indicators of child quality) or resource dilution (having more children reduces resources available per child, regardless of intentionality of family size). The results provide evidence for both hypotheses: children having four or fewer siblings were significantly more likely to be enrolled in school if their moth...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Moussa Bougma, Thomas K. LeGrand, Jean‐François Kobiané Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
An Assessment of Childbearing Preferences in Northern Malawi
This study investigates prospective fertility intentions in terms of their temporal stability, intensity, degree of spousal agreement, and association with future childbearing in northern Malawi. A total of 5,222 married women participated in the three‐round study. The odds of having a child or becoming pregnant within 36 months were 4.2 times higher when both wife and husband wanted a child within three years and 2 times higher when both wanted to wait at least three years, compared with the odds when both wanted to cease childbearing. The influence of husbands' and wives' preferences on subsequent fertility was equal. ...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kazuyo Machiyama, Angela Baschieri, Albert Dube, Amelia C. Crampin, Judith R. Glynn, Neil French, John Cleland Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Teenage Childbearing and Educational Attainment in South Africa
The relationship between teenage childbearing and school attainment is investigated using nationally representative longitudinal data drawn from South Africa's National Income Dynamics Study. The analysis focuses on the outcomes by 2010 of a panel of 673 young women who were aged 15–18 and childless in 2008. Controlling for other factors, girls who went on to give birth had twice the odds of dropping out of school by 2010 and nearly five times the odds of failing to matriculate. Few girls from households in the highest‐income quintile gave birth. Girls who attended schools in higher‐income areas and were behind at sc...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ian M. Timæus, Tom A. Moultrie Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Exploring the Paradox of Intimate Partner Violence and Increased Contraceptive Use in sub‐Saharan Africa
We question the positive effect of intimate partner violence on women's modern contraceptive use in sub‐Saharan Africa found in previous studies. The explanations offered for this counter‐intuitive result are either that women make greater efforts to avoid childbearing in conflictual relationships, or that endogeneity bias exists. Endogeneity bias stems from the inability of researchers to attribute a specific cause to one variable when they are unable to control for related missing covariates. Demographic and Health Survey data from 13 countries in sub‐Saharan Africa provide evidence for the latter but not the forme...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Vissého Adjiwanou, Afiwa N'Bouke Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Tajikistan 2012 DHS
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - March 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: research
Guinea 2012 DHS
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - March 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: research
Aligning Goals, Intents, and Performance Indicators in Family Planning Service Delivery
A flurry of policy initiatives in the fields of both population and development and reproductive health, many addressing the provision of family planning services, are currently underway: FP2020, the ICPD Beyond 2014, and the post‐2015 development agenda, among others. This is an opportune time, therefore, to reflect upon and take into consideration what five decades of family planning programs can teach us about ensuring that policies and programs integrate their underlying intents, concrete goals, and performance indicators. The family planning field has encountered instances in its history when inconsistencies between...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - March 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Saumya RamaRao, Anrudh K. Jain Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
Personal Beliefs and Professional Responsibilities: Ethiopian Midwives' Attitudes toward Providing Abortion Services after Legal Reform
In 2005, Ethiopia liberalized its abortion law and subsequently authorized midwives to offer abortion services. Using a 2013 survey of 188 midwives and 12 interviews with third‐year midwifery students, this cross‐sectional research examines midwives' attitudes toward abortion to understand their decisions about service provision. Most midwives were willing to provide abortion services. This willingness was positively and significantly related to clinical experience with abortion, but negatively and significantly related to religiosity, belief that providers have the right to refuse to provide services, and care of pati...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - March 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sarah Jane Holcombe, Aster Berhe, Amsale Cherie Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Female Sex Workers' Experiences with Intended Pregnancy and Antenatal Care Services in Southern Tanzania
This study explores FSWs' experiences with intended pregnancy and access to antenatal care and HIV testing in two regions of Tanzania. Thirty in‐depth interviews and three focus group discussions were conducted. FSWs sought to become pregnant to gain respect as mothers, to avoid stigma, and/or to solidify relationships, sometimes posing risks to their own and their partners' health. Pregnant FSWs generally sought antenatal care (ANC) services but rarely disclosed their occupation, complicating provision of appropriate care. Accessing ANC services presented particular challenges, with health care workers sometimes denying...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - March 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sarah W. Beckham, Catherine R. Shembilu, Heena Brahmbhatt, Peter J. Winch, Chris Beyrer, Deanna L. Kerrigan Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
