Introduction: An 'on-demand' contraceptive pill may suit women having infrequent sex. We assessed the feasibility of e-commerce pharmacy provision and acceptability of levonorgestrel (LNG) 1.5 mg for pericoital use in Kenya.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe unmet need for modern contraception remains high around the world, particularly for youth. While some of this unmet need is driven by limited health infrastructure and method mix availability, many adolescents who visit family planning providers still do not receive methods that fit their needs. This suggests that providers may be biased against youth and that interventions to change provider behavior could help close this gap.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, young women navigate a complicated transition from adolescence to adult life. In an evolving context, young women are expected to succeed in education and the economy, while negotiating the social pressure to start families and prove womanhood by becoming mothers. In this project, we closely followed twenty young adult unmarried women who desire to find a life partner or have a child soon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlobal initiatives aim to add 120 million new family planning (FP) users by 2020; however supply-side interventions may be reaching the limits of their effectiveness in some settings. Our case study in Niger used demand analysis techniques from marketing science. We performed a representative survey (N = 2,004) on women's FP knowledge, attitudes, needs, and behaviors, then used latent class analysis to produce a segmentation of women based on their responses.
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