?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7071%2F&rft.title=Identifying+Factors+of+Influence+on+Family+Planning+Practices+Among+Rural+Haitian+Women&rft.creator=Mason%2C+Elizabeth+Jane&rft.description=Haiti%2C+a+country+located+in+the+Caribbean%2C+is+considered+to+be+the+poorest+country+in+the+Western+hemisphere.+With+a+population+of+more+than+eight+million%2C+Haiti+is+amongst+the+poorest+of+the+poor+with+majority+of+the+population+living+in+abject+poverty.+In+Haiti%2C+a+large+majority+of+women+have+unmet+needs+for+family+planning+or+child-spacing+which+inevitably+leads+to+high+maternal+mortality.+In+Haiti%2C+most+births+occur+at+home+without+trained+health+care+personnel%2C+and+the+country+has+the+highest+prevalence+of+HIV%2FAIDs+in+the+region.+Increasing+access+to+reproductive+health+services%2C+including+family+planning%2C+to+women+who+want+them+is+of+critical+public+health+concern.+The+purpose+of+this+thesis+is+to+examine+factors+that+may+affect+rural+Haitian+women's+choice+in+utilizing+family+planning+services+by+using+the+Social+Ecological+Framework+as+a+guide.+A+comprehensive+literature+search+was+conducted+through+multiple+search+engines+and+two+themes+were+identified+as+factors+of+influence+including+contraceptive+use+and+desired+family+size.+Increasing+the+availability+of+family+planning+services+to+women+who+want+them+would+increase+the+likelihood+of+saving+lives+and+improving+the+overall+health+of+women+in+rural+Haiti+by+increasing+socio-economic+status%2C+empowerment%2C+education%2C+and+reproductive+health.&rft.date=2010-06-30&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7071%2F1%2FMason2010etd.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mason%2C+Elizabeth+Jane++(2010)+Identifying+Factors+of+Influence+on+Family+Planning+Practices+Among+Rural+Haitian+Women.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++