Patterns of Contraceptive Adoption, Continuation, and Switching after Delivery among Malawian Women.

ABSTRACT: Women who report use of postpartum family planning may not continue their initial method or use it consistently. Understanding the patterns of method uptake, discontinuation, and switching among women after delivery is important to promote uptake and continuation of effective methods of contraception. This is a secondary analysis of 634 Malawian women enrolled into a prospective cohort study after delivery. They completed baseline surveys upon enrollment and follow-up telephone surveys 3, 6, and 12 months post-delivery. Women were included in this analysis if they had completed at least the 3- and 6-month post-delivery surveys. Descriptive statistics were used to assess contraceptive method mix and patterns of switching, whereas Pearson's χ2 tests were used for bivariable analyses to compa

SUBMITTER: Kopp DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5249175 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature