John Stanback
Research Triangle Park
37 Papers
444 Citations
John Stanback is an academic researcher from Research Triangle Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Family planning. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 34 publications.
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Papers
Provision of DMPA by community health workers: what the evidence shows.
TL;DR: The data showed that appropriately trained CHW demonstrate competency in screening clients, providing DMPA injections safely and counseling on side effects, although counseling appears equally suboptimal in both clinic and community settings.
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Why do family planning providers restrict access to services? An examination in Ghana.
John Stanback,K. A. Twum-Baah +1 more
TL;DR: Situation analysis data from Ghana was used to identify 46 facilities offering family planning services where clients were at risk of facing medical barriers and other obstacles and providers enforced a variety of restrictions known to impede clients access to services.
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Maternal mortality in Giza, Egypt: magnitude, causes, and prevention.
TL;DR: A population-based study of the magnitude and causes of maternal mortality in the Giza governorate of Egypt in 1985-86 finds that women experiencing hemorrhage, hypertensive diseases of pregnancy, or other serious complications must have easy access to hospital and maternity centers equipped for handling these conditions.
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•Journal Article
Contraceptive Injections by Community Health Workers in Uganda: A Nonrandomized Community trial/Injections Contraceptives Par Des Agents De Sante Communautaires En Ouganda : Essai En Communaute Non randomise/Administracion De Anticonceptivos Inyectables Por Agentes De Salud Comunitarios En Uganda: Ensayo Comunitario No Aleatorizado
TL;DR: In this article, the authors test the hypothesis that the safety and quality of contraceptive injections by community-based reproductive health workers in a rural African setting was not significantly inferior to injections given by local clinic-based workers.
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Checklist for ruling out pregnancy among family-planning clients in primary care
TL;DR: In Kenya, a trial of a simple checklist to exclude pregnancy showed a good negative predictive value, which could improve access to service and reduce unwanted pregnancies and their sequelae.
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