Unintended pregnancy and subsequent postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive use in Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The postpartum period is an opportune time for contraception adoption, as women have extended interaction with the reproductive healthcare system and therefore more opportunity to learn about and adopt contraceptive methods. This may be especially true for women who experience unintended pregnancy, a key target population for contraceptive programs and programs to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission. Among women in Zimbabwe surveyed in 2014, we examined the relationship between pregnancy intention associated with a woman's most recent pregnancy, and her subsequent postpartum contraceptive use.

Methods

In our analysis we utilized a dataset from a random selection of catchment areas in Zimbabwe to examine the association between pregnancy intention of most re

SUBMITTER: Nance N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258256 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature