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Abstract
This study examines the relationship between common objective measures of quality and perceptions of the quality of family planning facilities. Results of prior research indicate that such perceptions are an important determinant of contraceptive use in rural Tanzania. The data for this study are drawn from two surveys conducted in rural Tanzania. Three models are tested separately for women and for men. The important determinants of perceptions of quality among women and men are: perceived travel time to the facility, availability of immunizations, and availability of maternal and child health services. Additionally, the ratio of the number of staff to outpatients is important to men. The data explain a moderate amount of the variance in the quality measures, indicating that perceived quality is not fully predicted by common objective measures of quality. Future surveys of facility quality should develop objective measures to better predict the perceived quality, with the underlying goal of increasing contraceptive use.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Behavior; Case Studies; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; English Speaking Africa; Family Planning; Family Planning Program Evaluation; Family Planning Programs; Goals; Health Services Evaluation; Organization And Administration; Perception; Planning; Population; Population Characteristics; Program Evaluation; Programs; Psychological Factors; Quality Of Health Care; Research Methodology; Research Report; Rural Population; Studies; Tanzania
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10907281 DOI： 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2000.00163.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Stud Fam Plann ISSN： 0039-3665