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. 2024 Feb 28;12(1):e2300299.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00299. Print 2024 Feb 28.

Conceptualizing Contraceptive Agency: A Critical Step to Enable Human Rights-Based Family Planning Programs and Measurement

Kelsey Holt  1 , Sneha Challa  2 , Phoebe Alitubeera  3 , Lynn Atuyambe  3 , Christine Dehlendorf  2 , Christine Galavotti  4 , Ivan Idiodi  5 , Ayobambo Jegede  5 , Elizabeth Omoluabi  5 , Peter Waiswa  3 , Ushma Upadhyay  2
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Conceptualizing Contraceptive Agency: A Critical Step to Enable Human Rights-Based Family Planning Programs and Measurement

Kelsey Holt et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

We propose a detailed framework for contraceptive agency to serve as a rights-based guide for centering individuals’ ability to make and act on their own contraceptive choices, regardless of what those choices are, in program design and evaluation.

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