Campaign exposure and interpersonal communication as factors in contraceptive use in Bolivia

Type Journal Article - Journal of Health Communication
Title Campaign exposure and interpersonal communication as factors in contraceptive use in Bolivia
Author(s)
Volume 6
Issue 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2001
Page numbers 303-322
URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/108107301317140805
Abstract
Two mass media campaigns concerning reproductive health were broadcast in Bolivia from March 1994 to June 1996. Data were collected at three time points from both cross-sectional and panel samples of randomly selected, married, urban women. Campaign exposure and interpersonal communication with spouse, friends, and others were associated with contraceptive knowledge and use, but not attitudes. Campaign exposure was associated with perceptions that members of one's personal network used contraception. This study provides a more contextual view of campaign effects by linking mass media and personal network communication.

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