%0 Journal Article
%T Programmatic implications of unmet need for contraception among men and young married women in northern Nigeria
%A Irit Sinai
%A Jabulani Nyenwa
%A Olugbenga Oguntunde
%J Archive of "Open Access Journal of Contraception".
%D 2018
%R 10.2147/OAJC.S172330
%X The study was designed to provide programmatic recommendations for interventions to increase contraceptive prevalence in northern Nigeria. Family-planning use in North-East and North-West regions of Nigeria has remained very low, despite years of domestic and donor investments. We examine respondents¡¯ perceptions of their own need for contraception and specifically focus on young women because of their higher risk for maternal mortality
%K family planning
%K unmet need
%K adolescents
%K northern Nigeria
%K religious norms
%K social norms
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6236097/