Integrating population programmes into health services Lessons from urban Ghana

Based on a sample survey of 1000 currently married women in Accra, this analysis shows that the use of family planning services is determined by the level of education, migration status and by the use of pre- and post-natal health services. The same factors tend to lower the duration of breastfeedin...

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Veröffentlicht in:African urban quarterly
1. Verfasser: Fosu, Gabriel B. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1988
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Bevölkerungspolitik > Gesundheitspolitik > Stadtbevölkerung > Ghana > Familienplanung > Gesundheitsfürsorge > Gesundheitserziehung > Accra > Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
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Zusammenfassung:Based on a sample survey of 1000 currently married women in Accra, this analysis shows that the use of family planning services is determined by the level of education, migration status and by the use of pre- and post-natal health services. The same factors tend to lower the duration of breastfeeding and post-partum abstinence. Suggestions are made towards an effective integration of family planning services into the health care system in urban Ghana. (DÜI-Hns)
Beschreibung:graph. Darst., Tab., Lit.Hinw. S. 205-251
ISSN:0747-6108