Misconceptions, Misinformation, and Misperceptions: A Case for Removing the “Mis‐” When Discussing Contraceptive Beliefs

R Stevens, K Machiyama, CV Mavodza… - Studies in Family …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Beliefs about contraception are commonly conceptualized as playing an important role in
contraceptive decision‐making. Interventions designed to address beliefs typically include …

Preference‐aligned fertility management as a person‐centered alternative to contraceptive use‐focused measures

K Holt, C Galavotti, E Omoluabi, S Challa… - Studies in family …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Equating contraceptive use with programmatic success is fundamentally flawed in failing to
account for whether individuals desire contraceptive use; this is problematic because …

How can we put rights at the core of global family planning?

C Marston, M Tabot - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
With reproductive rights under attack in many countries, rights-based family planning is more
important than ever to serve the needs of diverse communities across the globe. Everyone …

[HTML][HTML] What do we demand? Responding to the call for precision and definitional agreement in family planning's “Demand” and “Need” Jargon

MS Fabic - Global Health: Science and Practice, 2022 - ghspjournal.org
Jargon—the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession—is only
communicative if the people working in that profession have a common understanding of its …

Associations between Contraceptive Decision‐Making and Marital Contraceptive Communication and use in Rural Maharashtra, India

M Nazarbegian, S Averbach, NE Johns… - Studies in family …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Women's contraceptive decision‐making control is crucial for reproductive autonomy, but
research largely relies on the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) measure which asks …

[HTML][HTML] The association between quality of contraceptive counseling and selection of contraceptive method post-counseling among women in Ethiopia

Y Ermias, SH Averbach, AK Dey, E Gebrehanna, K Holt - Contraception, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To better understand the relationship between high-quality contraceptive
counseling and met family planning needs, we examined the association between quality of …

[HTML][HTML] Toward person-centred measures of contraceptive demand: a systematic review of the intentions to use contraception and actual use

V Boydell, KQ Wright, S Elnakib… - Gates Open …, 2024 - gatesopenresearch.org
Background Understanding people's motivation and need for modern contraception is
critical to ensuring access to quality rights-based contraceptive care and supporting …

[HTML][HTML] Unmet need and intention to use as predictors of adoption of contraception in 10 performance monitoring for action geographies

D Sarnak, P Anglewicz, S Ahmed - SSM-Population Health, 2023 - Elsevier
The determinants of fertility typically feature demand as the key motivation driver for
contraceptive use. Yet relatively little is known about the extent to which demand for …

Is the decision not to use contraception an indicator of reproductive agency?

MS Fabic, L McDougal, A Raj… - Studies in Family …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Women's engagement in the decision to use contraception, an indicator captured in the
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), is frequently used to assess women's reproductive …

Conceptualizing Contraceptive Agency: A Critical Step to Enable Human Rights-Based Family Planning Programs and Measurement

K Holt, S Challa, P Alitubeera, L Atuyambe… - … Health: Science and …, 2024 - ghspjournal.org
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