multi-country research

Managing Unwanted Pregnancies: The Relationship Between Contraception and Abortion

Fatima Juarez, El Colegio de Mexico (Mexico)
Akin Bankole, Ann Moore and Susheela Singh, Guttmacher Institute (USA)
Adekunbi Omideyi, Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria)
Nancy Palomino, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Peru)
Zeba Sathar, Population Council (Pakistan)
Amy Tsui, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, JHSPH

The objective of this project is to learn how women and men articulate their decision-making for reproduction to gain a better understanding of perceptions and practice of contraception and abortion as means of birth control.

A Study of Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Three Asian Countries

Gao Ersheng and Lou Chaohua, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research (SIPPR) (China)
Yi-Li Chuang and Baai-Shyun Hurng, Bureau for Health Promotion (Taiwan)
Vinh Nguyen Duc and Nguyen Huu Minh, Ministry of Health and Institute of Sociology (Vietnam)
Laurie Schwab Zabin, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, JHSPH
Robert Blum, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, JHSPH
David Bishai, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, JHSPH

This study’s aim is to assess the determinants of sexual behaviors and reproductive health of adolescents and young adults in three Asian countries with Confucian-based cultures—Taiwan, China and Vietnam—and the influences of their countries’ underlying traditions, in addition to social change at the community, family, peer and individual levels.

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Angela Akol, Family Health International (Uganda)
Sarah Byakika, District Health Services, Jinja District (Uganda)
Kofo Odeyemi, Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of Lagos (Nigeria)
Babitha Thapa, Family Planning Association of Nepal (Nepal)
Paulina Tindana, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo (Ghana)

Following a competitive, peer-reviewed process, five former Summer Institute participants were awarded grants to conduct research on adolescent reproductive health. The five participants are from four countries—Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda and Nepal. The topics include improving access to quality reproductive health services for young people in Uganda; the effect of SRH education on out-of-school youth working in Nigerian markets; SRH service strategies for displaced adolescents in urban Nepal; and the use of traditional channels for SRH education to reach rural adolescents in Ghana.