On the sustainability of a family planning program in Nigeria when funding ends

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 9; p. e0222790
• Main Authors: Speizer, Ilene S, Guilkey, David K, Escamilla, Veronica, Lance, Peter M, Calhoun, Lisa M, Ojogun, Osifo T, Fasiku, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 26.09.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biology and Life Sciences; Communication; Contraception Behavior - statistics & numerical data; Contraceptives; Couples; Econometrics; Engineering and Technology; Exposure; Family planning; Family Planning Services - organization & administration; Female; Health Plan Implementation; Humans; Intervention; Longitudinal Studies; Marriage; Maternal & child health; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Nigeria; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Population; Program Evaluation; Public health; Reproduction; Reproductive health; Reproductive Health - statistics & numerical data; Reproductive systems; Research and Analysis Methods; Sex Education - organization & administration; Sex Education - statistics & numerical data; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; Sustainability; Systematic review; Teenagers; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; Womens health; Young Adult; Young adults; Nigeria; United States > US; Africa; India

Few studies have examined the sustainability of family planning program outcomes in the post-program period. This article presents the results of a natural experiment where the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative Phase I programming ended in early 2015 and Phase II activities continued in...