Using Network Analysis to Address Unmet Need in Mali
The aim of the research was to address the role of women’s social networks in facilitating or hindering family planning acquisition and use in Mali. The research was carried out in two villages. In both, women using family planning perceived that it helped them avoid short birth intervals which were damaging to the health of both the mother and child. By contrast, men placed greater emphasis on the economic benefits for the household
Source: Institute for Reproductive Health / Georgetown
Date of Publication: March 25, 2019
SIMILIAR RESOURCES
Tools
Examples
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- HTSP Project Briefs: Niger, Togo
- HTSP 101: Everything You Want to Know About Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy
- HTSP Changes Lives
- Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy Fact Sheet
- Family Planning Counselling Kit
- How-To Guide for a Social Network Diffusion Intervention to Overcome Social Barriers to Family Planning
- The HTSP Implementation Kit
- Accelerator Behaviors
- The Behavior Change Framework
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- Tékponon Jikuagou Pilot Results