Open AccessTimeliness of Contraceptive Reinjections in South Africa And Its Relation to Unintentional Discontinuation
Author(s) -
Joy Noel Baumgartner,
Chelsea Morroni,
Regina Mlobeli,
Conrad Otterness,
Landon Myer,
Barbara Janowitz,
John Stanback,
G.A.B. Buga
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international family planning perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-4154
pISSN - 0190-3187
DOI - 10.1363/3306607
Subject(s) - discontinuation , cape , medicine , demography , family planning , logistic regression , population , family medicine , environmental health , geography , research methodology , surgery , archaeology , sociology
Research examining hormonal injectable contraceptive continuation has focused on clients' intentional discontinuation. Little attention, however, has been paid to unintentional discontinuation due to providers' management of clients who would like to continue use but arrive late for their scheduled reinjections.