Radio Communications on Family Planning: Case of West Africa

Ahn, Jaehyun; Briers, Gary; Baker, Mathew; Price, Edwin; Strong, Robert; Piña, Manuel; Zickafoose, Alexis; Lu, Peng

doi:10.3390/ijerph19084577

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Radio Communications on Family Planning: Case of West Africa

by

Jaehyun Ahn

^1,*

,

Gary Briers

^1,*,

Mathew Baker

¹,

Edwin Price

²,

Robert Strong

¹

,

Manuel Piña

¹,

Alexis Zickafoose

¹

and

Peng Lu

¹

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA

²

Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA

^*

Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(8), 4577; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084577

Submission received: 16 March 2022 / Revised: 7 April 2022 / Accepted: 9 April 2022 / Published: 11 April 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Maternal and Children Health and Family Planning)

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Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa will accommodate more population this century by having a multitude of births across the continent. Family planning methods provide women with techniques to manage their health and wellbeing. This study investigated how radio communications in family planning changed the perception of Ghanaian, Liberian, and Senegalese mothers toward having fewer children. Univariate and multivariate linear regression results after coarsened exact matching (CEM) with selected covariates for 15- to 49-year-old mothers from demographic and health survey (DHS) data implied the effectiveness of radio communications. This effort supports the need for further research on tailored communication methods for West African mothers over time.

Keywords: family planning; radio communications; mothers; demographic and health surveys; West Africa; population growth

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Ahn, J.; Briers, G.; Baker, M.; Price, E.; Strong, R.; Piña, M.; Zickafoose, A.; Lu, P. Radio Communications on Family Planning: Case of West Africa. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 4577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084577

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Ahn J, Briers G, Baker M, Price E, Strong R, Piña M, Zickafoose A, Lu P. Radio Communications on Family Planning: Case of West Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(8):4577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084577

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Ahn, Jaehyun, Gary Briers, Mathew Baker, Edwin Price, Robert Strong, Manuel Piña, Alexis Zickafoose, and Peng Lu. 2022. "Radio Communications on Family Planning: Case of West Africa" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 8: 4577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084577

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Ahn, J., Briers, G., Baker, M., Price, E., Strong, R., Piña, M., Zickafoose, A., & Lu, P. (2022). Radio Communications on Family Planning: Case of West Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), 4577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084577

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