Missed opportunities for family planning counselling among postpartum women in eleven counties in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mothers may access medical facilities for their babies and miss opportunities to access family planning (FP) services. This study was undertaken to describe missed opportunities for FP among women within the extended (0-11 months) postpartum period from counties participating in Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) surveys.

Design and setting

This study analysed cross-sectional household survey data from 11 counties in Kenya between 2014 and 2018. PMA2020 uses questions extracted from the Demographic and Health survey (DHS) and DHS definitions were used. Multivariable logistic regression was used for inferential statistics with p-value of < 0.05 considered to be significant.

Participants

Women aged 15-49 years from the households visited

SUBMITTER: Thiongo MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature