Saturday, April 13 / 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM   •   Napoleon B1

Session 206:
Contraceptive Use in Africa and the U.S.

Chair: Michelle J. Hindin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Discussant: Rob Stephenson, Emory University

  1. Islam, Polygyny and Modern Contraceptive Use in Francophone Sub-Saharan AfricaJane Bertrand, Tulane University ; Margaret Farrell-Ross, Tulane University

  2. Measuring Use of the Lactational Amenorrhea Method through the Demographic and Health Surveys: Data Quality and ImplicationsMadeleine Short Fabic, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ; Yoonjoung Choi, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

  3. Reconsidering Racial/Ethnic Differences in Sterilization in the United StatesKari White, University of Alabama at Birmingham

  4. Levels of Protection across Concurrent Sexual PartnershipsHongwei Xu, University of Michigan

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