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- Title
Country-specific data on the contraceptive needs of adolescents.
- Authors
Hindin, Michelle J.; Kalamar, Amanda M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the release of country-specific fact sheets providing data on adolescent contraceptive use and non-use in 58 low- and middle-income countries spanning all six World Health Organization (WHO) Regions. The fact sheets include information on the adolescents involved, common sources of contraceptives and evidence for planning for how, when and where different groups of sexually active adolescent use and do not use contraception. Reasons for non-use are also described.
- Subjects
CONTRACEPTION; STRATEGIC planning; EVIDENCE-based medicine; PROFESSIONAL practice; UNPLANNED pregnancy; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2017, Vol 95, Issue 3, p166
- ISSN
0042-9686
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2471/BLT.16.189829