Effectiveness of targeted antenatal family planning information provision on early postpartum family planning uptake in Kisumu County: Protocol for a simple randomized control trial (I DECIDE Study).

ABSTRACT: Overlooking the contraceptive needs of postpartum women constitutes missed opportunities in health system. Inter-birth interval of at least three years can prevent poor maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes and afford women socio-economic benefits of family planning (FP). The unmet need for FP in the postpartum period remains unacceptably high and far exceeds the FP unmet need of other women. The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) estimate the unmet need for postpartum FP to be 74%. Maternal and Child Health (MCH) continuum provides a great opportunity for postpartum FP (PPFP) interventions integration especially antenatal targeted FP information giving and gauging of fertility intentions. However, there is no protocol for structured, targeted antenatal FP information giving an

SUBMITTER: Shisanya MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9377582 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature