Current Research Gaps Clause Samples

Current Research Gaps. As mentioned above, the literature shows that various components of women‟s empowerment positively affect contraceptive use, and the benefits of contraceptive use are numerous. However, multiple factors affect a woman‟s ability and decision to use contraception. The literature has attempted to research the impact of women‟s empowerment, particularly agency, on these abilities and decisions to use contraception. Yet, women‟s agency is inconsistently defined across the literature and operationalized in very different ways. Therefore, this study seeks to understand better the relationship between women‟s agency as a component of women‟s empowerment and its impact on current, “modern” contraceptive use. We accomplish this goal through a systematic literature search and review, followed by analysis. In an attempt to better understand the existing inconsistencies when defining women‟s agency (and overall empowerment); we will assess each study‟s use of terminology, relevant measurement and response items, and results. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, MPH Candidate 1, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, MSN, CNM, PhD 2, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, MPH Candidate 1, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, MPH Candidate 3, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 1, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, PhD 4. (1) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Department of Global Health, Emory University, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ NE, Atlanta, GA 30322. (2) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Department of Global Health, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ School of Public Health, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Atlanta, GA 30322. (3) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Department of Global Health, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Department of Global Health, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ NE, Atlanta, GA 30322. (4) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Department of Global Health and Department of Sociology, Emory University, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Atlanta, GA 30322. This manuscript will be submitted for publication with multiple authors as follows: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, MSN, CNM, PhD, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, MPH Candidate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, MPH Candidate, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, PhD. The authors worked collaboratively as a research team, providing support to one another as needed. As the lead researcher on this project, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇`▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ made significant contributions to the manuscript, which are outlined below: Research: 1. Conducted an initial systematic review of the literature using defined search terms 2. Refined search terms to focus the literature search and found 358 articles 3. Developed inclusion/exclusion criteria to further refine the available empirical literature 4. Produced multiple iterations of the inclusion/exclusion criteria, which were piloted on five articles 5. Finalized the inclus...