ArticlePloS one2019
Getting to intent: Are social norms influencing intentions to use modern contraception in the DRC?
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- Men's Involvement in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care and Decision Making in the Philippines: A Systematic Review of the Literature.American journal of men's healthPooled it
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- Measuring social norms endorsement and normative influence on contraceptive use among youth (15-24) in northeastern Uganda.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- A longitudinal study examining how self-injection social norms are associated with contraceptive self-injectable interest and use in rural Uganda.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Who actualizes postpartum contraceptive intentions? A trajectory cluster analysis.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Assessment of intention to use modern contraceptives among women of reproductive age in Benin: evidence from a national population-based survey.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2024Article
- Geographic and socioeconomic inequalities in the coverage of contraception in Uttar Pradesh, India.Reproductive health · 2024Article
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- Transforming masculine norms to improve men's contraceptive acceptance: results from a pilot intervention with men in western Kenya.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2023Article
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- The role of partners, parents and friends in shaping young women's reproductive choices in Peri-urban Nairobi: a qualitative study.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Validation of the Fertility Norms Scale and Association with Fertility Intention and Contraceptive Use in India.Studies in family planning · 2023Article
- Understanding the rise in traditional contraceptive methods use in Uttar Pradesh, India.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Measuring women's agency in family planning: the conceptual and structural factors in the way.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2022Article
- Association of Male Partners' Gender-Equitable Attitudes and Behaviors with Young Mothers' Postpartum Family Planning and Maternal Health Outcomes in Kinshasa, DRC.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A vignette-based approach to understanding social norms around family planning in three Nigerian cities.Global public health · 2022Article
- If fear of infertility restricts contraception use, what do we know about this fear? An examination in rural Ethiopia.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Getting Intentional about Intention to Use: A Scoping Review of Person-Centered Measures of Demand.Studies in family planning · 2022Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Meeting the reproductive health needs of women in post-conflict settings is a global health priority. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, social norms perpetuate gender-based violence and contribute to low contraceptive use and high fertility. The Masculinité, Famille, et Foi (MFF) intervention is working with communities in Kinshasa to create normative environments supportive of modern contraception access and use. Our analysis uses survey data collected from 900 men and women in 17 community groups prior to the MFF intervention. We aimed to measure the extent to which social norms influence intentions to use modern contraception. Using multiple items to assess social norms and reference groups related to family planning and gender equity, we identified four distinct social norms constructs through factor analysis. Through structural equation modeling, we found that social norms influence intentions to use modern contraception overall, but that normative influence varies by gender.
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