Background Poor access and low contraceptive prevalence are common to many Low-and
Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Unmet need for family planning (FP), defined as the …

This article argues for attention to a neglected dimension of family planning services-their
quality. A framework for assessing quality from the client's perspective is offered, consisting …

Objective: To examine how much contraceptive use increases as additional methods are
made available to populations. Methods: We used data estimating contraceptive use from …

Family planning improves health, reduces poverty, and empowers women. Yet, today, more
than 200 million women in the developing world want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a …

This book has evolved over a period of 25 years. My interest in domestic and international
population policies was first stimulated by Kingsley Davis, Judith Blake, William Petersen …

The evidence in the demographic and family planning literature of the range and diversity of
the barriers to fertility regulation in many developing countries is reviewed in this article from …

Background Public and private family planning providers face different incentive structures,
which may affect overall quality and ultimately the acceptability of family planning for their …

Background Worldwide, hormonal contraceptives are among the most popular reversible
contraceptives in current use. Despite their high theoretical effectiveness, typical use results …

In this paper, an efficient algorithm, which combines concepts from wavelet theory and co-
occurrence matrices, is presented for detection of defects encountered in textile images …

Access to family planning, quality of care and medical barriers to services are key factors in
the adoption of contraceptive use. Access helps determine whether the individual makes …