To be continued: family planning continuation among the urban poor in Senegal, a prospective, longitudinal descriptive study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Given the role that continued use of family planning (FP) by current users plays in increasing contraceptive prevalence rates (CPR), this research aims to measure method-specific continuation rates for fixed-site and community-based program interventions and to document reasons for discontinuation.  Methods: This research compared discontinuation rates for clients initiating family planning through two types of strategies-services provided at existing health centers that provided regular, ongoing services, and "one-off" outreach services in communities.  Data collectors surveyed consenting clients who were initiating a modern method, or reinitiating after a break of at least six months, and conducted a follow up survey after seven months.  Results: Long act

SUBMITTER: Peterson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6362302 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature