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Language and Measurement of Contraceptive Need and Making These Indicators More Meaningful for Measuring Fertility Intentions of Women and Girls

Ilene S. Speizer, Jason Bremner and Shiza Farid FP2020 Performance, Monitoring, and Evidence Working Group
Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100450; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00450
Ilene S. Speizer
aDepartment of Maternal and Child Health and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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vol. 10 no. 1 e2100450
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https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00450
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35294385

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2169-575X
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  • Received: June 11, 2021
  • Accepted: January 5, 2022
  • Published online March 1, 2022.

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  1. Ilene S. Speizera⇑,
  2. Jason Bremnerb,
  3. Shiza Faridb,c
  4. FP2020 Performance, Monitoring, and Evidence Working Group
  1. aDepartment of Maternal and Child Health and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
  2. bFP2030, Washington DC, USA.
  3. cAvenir Health, Washington, DC, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Ilene S. Speizer (speizer{at}email.unc.edu).
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