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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
The Long-Term Fertility Impact of the Navrongo Project in Northern Ghana
Studies in Family Planning, Volume 43, No. 3, Year 2012
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Description
This study assesses the long-term fertility impact of the Community Health and Family Planning Project of the Navrongo Health Research Centre in Ghana and addresses policy debates concerning the role of family planning programs in rural Africa. Conducted in a remote traditional area on Ghana's northern border, the study tests the hypothesis that convenient family planning service delivery can induce and sustain reproductive change in a societal context that would not be expected to foster demographic transition. By 1999, results indicated that significant fertility decline arose in the early years of the project, associated with the combination of services provided by community nurses and social mobilization activities focused on men. When project strategies were scaled up, social mobilization components were neglected. As a consequence, the long-term impact of scaled-up operations was negligible. Results suggest that initial effects met the need for child spacing without introducing a sustained demographic transition. © 2012 The Population Council, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Phillips, James Franklin
United States, New York
Mailman School of Public Health
Jackson, Elizabeth Fletcher
United States, New York
Mailman School of Public Health
Bawah, Ayaga Agula
United States, New York
Mailman School of Public Health
Macleod, Bruce
United States, Portland
University of Southern Maine
Adongo, P. B.
Ghana, Accra
University of Ghana
Baynes, Colin D.
United States, New York
Mailman School of Public Health
Williams, John E.O.
Ghana, Navrongo
Navrongo Health Research Center
Statistics
Citations: 55
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1728-4465.2012.00316.x
ISSN:
00393665
e-ISSN:
17284465
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Ghana
Participants Gender
Male