Men’s involvement in family planning

References and Notes

• My interest in this question was triggered during a panel session entitled ‘Male involvement in reproductive health’ at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in November 1995 in San Diego. The papers at that session seemed to represent an accurate microcosm of current thinking on male involvement. The full papers [references 6–9 below] were not available for the preparation of this paper; my descriptions of their contents are based on the published abstracts and my notes from the session.
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• Examples of reviews of this topic include: .
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