Title
Community, social group, and individual level correlates of rural Malawian men's and women's reproductive health intentions and practices.
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Publisher(s)
Women's Health and Action Research Centre
Abstract
Using a sample of 656 men and 930 women from rural Malawi in 2000, the authors examined the association between various individual and community level factors, as well as participation in social groups, and four reproductive health outcomes: intentions to use any contraceptives in the next six months, current use of modem contraceptives, wanting an HIV test, and having had an HIV test. Women in social groups have higher odds of reporting intentions to use contraceptives, wanting an HIV test, and of having had an HIV test than those not in groups. Among men, social group participation is only slightly associated with having had an HIV test. For all, education is positively associated with all four outcomes, and number of children is associated with intentions to use and actual use of contraceptives. At a community level, proximity to a health center or school is positively associated with three outcomes for women and with use of modern contraceptive methods for men.
Start page
57
End page
67
Volume
16
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias socio biomédicas (planificación familiar, salud sexual, efectos políticos y sociales de la investigación biomédica)
Biología reproductiva
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84874982313
PubMed ID
Source
African journal of reproductive health
ISSN of the container
1118-4841
Sponsor(s)
Fogarty International Center K01TW008414 FIC
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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