Bixby intern, Sirina Keesara interviews a woman about contraception Nakpanduri, Ghana. She explored the barriers to fertility regulation focusing on the fear of side effects an important and often undocumented barrier to family planning.
Sirina’s conducted qualitative interviews with 110 women in the north of Ghana, Northern Region (TFR 7.0), and the south of Ghana, Greater Accra Region (TFR 2.9). In the South she interviewed women around the urbanized area of Accra by focusing on both market-women and women in the community of Adenta. She also completed a two-week rotation in a Family Planning Unit in one of the Reproductive Health Centers and conducted interviews with nurses and patients. In the North she interviewed women in the rural village of Nakpanduri.
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