Predicting high risk births with contraceptive prevalence and contraceptive method-mix in an ecologic analysis

Abstract Background Increased contraceptive use has been associated with a decrease in high parity births, births that occur close together in time, and births to very young or to older women. These types of births are also associated with high risk of under-five mortality. Previous studies have loo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jamie Perin, Agbessi Amouzou, Neff Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4741-6