Innovation diffusion: how homogenous networks influence the uptake of community-based injectable contraceptives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have shown that social networks influence health behaviors, including the adoption of health innovations. This study explored the potential for early adopters of community health worker-delivered injectable contraceptives (CHWDIC) to influence the uptake of this innovation by women in their social networks.

Methods

This Social Network Analysis (SNA) study was conducted in Gombe, Nigeria. Twenty women who were early adopters of the CHWDIC were recruited. Each participant (ego) listed ten women of reproductive age (alters) with whom they related. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect from each ego, data about the nature of her relationship with each alter (ego-alter relationship), whether she talked about CHWDIC with each alter, and w

SUBMITTER: Akinyemi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6857216 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature