Integrating postpartum contraceptive counseling and IUD insertion services into maternity care in Nepal: results from stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Nepal, 54% of women have an unmet need for family planning within the 2 years following a birth. Provision of a long-acting and reversible contraceptive method at the time of birth in health facilities could improve access to postpartum family planning for women who want to space or limit their births. This paper examines the impact of an intervention that introduced postpartum contraceptive counseling in antenatal care and immediate postpartum intra-uterine device (PPIUD) insertion services following institutional delivery, with the intent to eventually integrate PPIUD counseling and insertion services as part of routine maternity care in Nepal.

Methods

This study took place in six large tertiary hospitals. All women who gave birth in these hospitals in the 18

SUBMITTER: Pradhan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6542050 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature