Community Education for Family Planning in the U.S.: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Community education may involve activities that seek to raise awareness and promote behavior change, using mass media, social media, and other media or interpersonal methods in community settings. This systematic review evaluated the evidence of the effects of community education on select short- and medium-term family planning outcomes.

Evidence acquisition

Using an analytic approach drawn from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, multiple databases were searched for articles published from January 1985 through February 2011 describing studies of community education related to family planning in the U.S. Included articles were reviewed and assessed for potential bias using a standardized process in 2011. An updated, targeted review for the 2011-2014 period was c

SUBMITTER: Carter MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4581851 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature