background: more than 30% of pregnancies in iran are unintended and most of them happen among the women who use various contraceptive methods. results of integrated monitoring and evaluation system (imes) showed that the rate of innovative contraceptive use in mashhad has been 41.5%-57% in different urban areas. this study was conducted to explore the process of making decision toward using fam...

Solicited participant diaries are an excellent source of data that has not been given sufficient attention as a data collection strategy for qualitative research. In a recent grounded theory study designed to explore strategies used by older adults to manage their chronic health problems, solicited diaries, when combined with an initial and follow-up interview, provided a rich source of data ab...