Postpartum contraceptive practices among urban and peri-urban women in North India: a mixed-methods cohort study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postpartum family planning (PPFP) helps women space childbirths, increase exclusive breastfeeding and prevent unintended pregnancies, leading to reduction in maternal, infant and child morbidities and mortality. Unmet need of family planning is highest among women in the postpartum period due to lack of knowledge, cultural and religious barriers, access barriers and low antenatal care service utilization. However, in spite of low prevalence of postpartum family planning practices, birth-to-birth interval is reportedly high in Delhi, India. This study explores the postpartum contraception practices and the relationship between use of postpartum contraception and subsequent child linear growth.

Methods

This is a mixed method cohort study on PPFP and is nested within

SUBMITTER: Roy N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8662907 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature