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Factors affecting contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in northern Jordan : a framework for health policy action

Creator:

Hijazi, Heba Hesham

Abstract:

Jordan has a higher fertility rate (3.8) than the averages of countries similar in income to Jordan (2.2) and compared to the Middle East and North Africa region as a whole (2.8) (WHO, WB, UNICEF, & DHS, 2011). The findings of the 2009 Jordanian Population and Family Health Survey demonstrated...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Factors impacting intimate partner violence and access to services among women in the occupied Palestinian territories

Creator:

Fitzgerald, Meghan R.

Abstract:

A study which analyzes the impact of husband's exposure to political violence on intimate partner violence perpetration and identifies factors associated with help-seeking among women in Gaza and the West Bank. Further, a qualitative component examines Gazan women's narratives regarding IPV and help-seeking and barriers faced.

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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disciplining their wives for transgressions (Glick et al., 2002). Further, Islam, the predominant 17