Preferences for family planning education among men and women in rural, highly religious Tanzanian communities: a discrete choice experiment

Autor: Brooke W. Bullington, Christine Aristide, Yasson Abha, Henry Kiwango, Aneth Nzali, Doris Peter, Myung Hee Lee, Agrey H. Mwakisole, Jennifer A. Downs, Lindsey K. Reif
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, Vol 28, Iss 1 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2641-0397
26410397
DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1850198
Popis: Unmet need for family planning (FP) remains prevalent worldwide. In Tanzania, 21.7% of women desire to delay pregnancy, but do not use modern contraception despite its free availability at local clinics. Our prior data suggest that this is related to complex gender and religious dynamics in rural communities. To understand how education about FP could be improved, we developed a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to rank preferences of six attributes of FP education. Results were stratified by gender. Sixty-eight women and 76 men completed interview-assisted DCEs. Participants significantly preferred education by a clinician (men = 0.62, p
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