Factors influencing the use of emergency contraceptives among reproductive age women in the Kwadaso Municipality, Ghana

Daniel Sarpong Yeboah; Maxwell Afranie Appiah; Grace Billi Kampitib

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0264619

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Factors influencing the use of emergency contraceptives among reproductive age women in the Kwadaso Municipality, Ghana

Daniel Sarpong Yeboah,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Kumasi South Hospital, Ghana Health Service, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
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Maxwell Afranie Appiah ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 2014mappiah@uhas.edu.gh

Affiliation District Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Obuasi East, Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8050-5022

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Grace Billi Kampitib

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Municipal Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Kwadaso Municipal, Kwadaso, Ashanti Region, Ghana
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Factors influencing the use of emergency contraceptives among reproductive age women in the Kwadaso Municipality, Ghana

Daniel Sarpong Yeboah,
Maxwell Afranie Appiah,
Grace Billi Kampitib

Published: March 3, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264619

About the Authors

Daniel Sarpong Yeboah

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Kumasi South Hospital, Ghana Health Service, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

Maxwell Afranie Appiah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 2014mappiah@uhas.edu.gh

Affiliation District Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Obuasi East, Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8050-5022

Grace Billi Kampitib

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Municipal Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Kwadaso Municipal, Kwadaso, Ashanti Region, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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