| Title |
Meeting Rural Demand: A Case for Combining Community-Based Distribution and Social Marketing of Injectable Contraceptives in Tigray, Ethiopia
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0068794 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ndola Prata, Karen Weidert, Ashley Fraser, Amanuel Gessessew |
| Abstract |
In Sub-Saharan Africa, policy changes have begun to pave the way for community distribution of injectable contraceptives but sustaining such efforts remains challenging. Combining social marketing with community-based distribution provides an opportunity to recover some program costs and compensate workers with proceeds from contraceptive sales. This paper proposes a model for increasing access to injectable contraceptives in rural settings by using community-based distributers as social marketing agents and incorporating financing systems to improve sustainability. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 37 | 28% |
| Researcher | 21 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 13% |
| Unknown | 28 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 31 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 8% |
| Unknown | 31 | 24% |