Postpartum contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning in five low-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the post-partum period, most women wish to delay or prevent future pregnancies. Despite this, the unmet need for family planning up to a year after delivery is higher than at any other time. This study aims to assess fertility intention, contraceptive usage and unmet need for family planning amongst women who are six weeks postpartum, as well as to identify those at greatest risk of having an unmet need for family planning during this period.

Methods

Using the NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research's multi-site, prospective, ongoing, active surveillance system to track pregnancies and births in 100 rural geographic clusters in 5 countries (India, Pakistan, Zambia, Kenya and Guatemala), we assessed fertility intention and contracepti

SUBMITTER: Pasha O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4464604 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature