Does family planning counselling during health service contact improve postpartum modern contraceptive uptake in Ethiopia? A nationwide cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the association between family planning counselling receipt during the 12 months preceding the survey and postpartum modern contraceptive uptake in Ethiopia. We hypothesised that receiving family planning counselling either within the community setting by a field health worker or at a health facility by a healthcare attendant during the 12 months preceding the survey improves postpartum modern contraceptive uptake.

Design

We used a cross-sectional study of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2016.

Setting

Ethiopia.

Participants

A total of 1650 women who gave birth during the 12 months and had contact with service delivery points during the 12 months preceding the survey.

Primary outcome

A weighted modifi

SUBMITTER: Mruts KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9092163 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature