The Impact of Multimedia Family Planning Promotion on the Contraceptive Behavior of Women in Tanzania

Abstract

The authors would like to thank the staffs of the Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania and of Macro International, Inc., for conducting the survey and for making the data available. We would like to acknowledge Robert Foreman for preparing and cleaning the data and for providing feedback on the analyses and on statistical interpretations of the results. Special thanks are owed to Phyllis Tilson Piotrow, Jose G. Rimon II, Gary Lewis, Robert J. Riccio and Doug Storey for their valuable comments on drafts of this article. We are particularly grateful to Cynthia Green, who edited the paper. The authors are thankful to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, especially the staff of the Family Planning Communication and the Family Planning Programme offices, for designing and implementing the project. We are especially grateful to staff of the U.S.

Mass Media Exposure and its Impact on Fertility: Current Scenario of Bangladesh

“…Mass media influence couples to increase discuss among themselves about family planning behavior. For example, Tanzanian women exposed to a mass media were found to have more positive attitudes towards family planning and to discuss family planning with their spouses [17]. It is proved that mass media and social networks play important roles in disseminating contraceptive knowledge; women who are regularly exposed to mass media, or who have a wider social network, have more knowledge about contraceptives than their counterparts [22].…”

“…In this study, the reference group was women who get married less than 15 years. Next early married group (16)(17)(18)(19) years have comparatively shorter birth interval than reference group; they have 3.2 % shorter birth interval than reference group. There may be two possible reasons behind thisadolescent's sub-fecundity or abortion of first birth.…”

“…Previous studies showed the significant impact of mass media on fertility reducing by showing transition on family planning behavior. Mass media campaigns promoting family planning programs have been proved successful for Bangladesh [7,8], Iran [9], India [10,11], Mexico [12], Zimbabwe [13], Nepal [14,15], Mali [16], Tanzania [17], Uganda [18] and Ghana [19].…”

The Impact of AIDS Treatment on Savings and Human Capital Investment in Malawi

“…We show the Likert measure here for consistency, as it was available in 2004. 20 In addition, individuals in Malawi received signals about mortality risk from public information campaigns, many of which discourage risky behavior through stark messages about the danger of HIV/AIDS (e.g., Jato et al 1999;Gupta, Katende, and Bessinger 2003;Geary et al 2007). 21 For a broader discussion of the importance of collecting data on subjective expectations in low and middle income contexts, and their usefulness in economic analyses, see Delavande (2014).…”

Effectiveness of a Behavior Change Communication Intervention to Improve Knowledge and Perceptions About Abortion in Bihar and Jharkhand, India

“…17 Studies in multiple settings have shown evidence of a dose-response relationship between exposure to behavior change communication messages and changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices. [18][19][20][21] A study in Tanzania found that women who reported exposure to six media sources of family planning messages had odds of using family planning that were 11 times those of women who were not exposed, while women who were exposed to one source only were twice as likely to use family planning as women who were not exposed. 18 A study in Zimbabwe found that youth who had been exposed to 5-8 components of an HIV and AIDS campaign were more likely to discuss AIDS with others or to seek care at a health center than youth who had been exposed to only 1-2 or 3-4 components of the campaign, after social and demographic factors and access to media were accounted for.…”