COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. FACULTY OF MEDICINE. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. CENTER FOR POPULATION AND FAMILY HEALTH
Community and individual acceptance : family planning services in the Sudan
An example of what can be achieved in an underdeveloped rural area, the AID-supported Sudan Community-Based Family Health Project utilized village midwives to provide oral rehydration therapy, nutritional care for mothers and children, birth spacing promotion, and immunization.
El Tom, Abdul Rahman; Farah, Abdul Aziz · 1985
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Abstract
This paper employs logistic regression techniques on pre- and post-project data to examine various determinants of contraceptive practices. The principal findings are that: (1) community-level variables (e.g., village proximity to transportation) affect contraceptive use independently of individual and socioeconomic variables; (2) fertility and child mortality have important and opposite effects on contraceptive use; (3) several socioeconomic variables, including maternal education, affect contraceptive behavior, although father"s education and occupation do not; and (4) village midwives can be used successfully not only to promote contraceptive use, but also to promote health attitudes and practices that are positively associated with fertility regulation. Appended is a 28-item bibliography (1964-84). (Author abstract, modified)
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