Implementing social accountability for contraceptive services: lessons from Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Growing evidence shows that social accountability contributes to improving health care services, with much promise for addressing women's barriers in contraceptive care. Yet little is known about how social accountability works in the often-complex context of sexual and reproductive health, particularly as sex and reproduction can be sensitive topics in the open and public formats typical of social accountability. This paper explores how social accountability operates in the highly gendered and complex context of contraceptive care.

Methods

This exploratory research uses a case study approach to provide a more grounded understanding of how social accountability processes operate in the context of contraceptive information and services. We observed two social accou

SUBMITTER: Boydell V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7549211 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature