Open AccessThe role of traditional contraceptive methods in family planning among women attending primary health care centers in Kano
Author(s) -
Ayyuba Rabiu,
Asma'u Ahmad Rufa'i
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_60_17
Subject(s) - medicine , family planning , family medicine , confidence interval , cross sectional study , primary health care , alternative medicine , pediatrics , population , gynecology , traditional medicine , demography , research methodology , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Traditional contraceptive methods (TCMs) have been used by our ancestors for a long time in child spacing before the advent of the modern contraceptive methods but even with the introduction of the modern methods some women prefer and are still using TCMs.