Practice of child spacing and its associated factors among women of child bearing age (15 to 49 years) in Illubabor zone, South West Ethiopia

Dereje Tsegaye; Muluneh Shuremu; Kebebe Bidira

doi:10.5897/IJNM2017.0258

International Journal of
Nursing and Midwifery

Abbreviation: Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2456
DOI: 10.5897/IJNM
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Practice of child spacing and its associated factors among women of child bearing age (15 to 49 years) in Illubabor zone, South West Ethiopia

Dereje Tsegaye

Dereje Tsegaye
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Mettu University, Mettu, Ethiopia.
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Muluneh Shuremu

Muluneh Shuremu
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Mettu University, Mettu, Ethiopia.
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Kebebe Bidira

Kebebe Bidira
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Mettu University, Mettu, Ethiopia.
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Article Number - 6E9DFDD64886
Vol.9(7), pp. 102-108 , July 2017
https://doi.org/10.5897/IJNM2017.0258

Received: 19 January 2017
Accepted: 15 February 2017
Published: 31 July 2017

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