Impact of the village health center project on contraceptive behaviors in rural Jordan: a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences analysis

• Main Authors: Makiko Komasawa (Author), Motoyuki Yuasa (Author), Yoshihisa Shirayama (Author), Miho Sato (Author), Yutaka Komasawa (Author), Malak Alouri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Appropriate contraceptive use remains a major health challenge in rural Jordan. The Japan International Cooperation Agency implemented a project aimed at enhancing the capacity of village health centers (VHCs) to improve the quality and quantity of family planning (FP) services i...