Sowmya Rajan1, Ilene S Speizer1,2, Lisa M Calhoun1, Priya Nanda3. 1. Measurement, Learning & Evaluation Project, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 2. Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 3. International Center for Research on Women, New Delhi, India.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Postpartum family planning is a compelling concern of global significance due to its salience to unplanned pregnancies, and to maternal and infant health in developing countries. Yet, women face the highest level of unmet need for contraception in the year following a birth. A cost-effective way to inform women about their risk of becoming pregnant after the birth of a child is to integrate family planning counseling and services with maternal and infant health services. METHODS: We use recently collected survey data from 2733 women from six cities in Uttar Pradesh, India who had a recent birth (since 2011) to examine the role of exposure to family planning information at maternal and infant health visits on (1) any contraceptive use in the postpartum period, and (2) choice of modern method in the postpartum period. We use discrete-time event history multinomial logit models to examine the duration to contraceptive use, and choice of modern method, in the 12 months following the last birth since 2011. RESULTS: We find that receiving counseling in an institution at the time of delivery has the strongest influence on women's subsequent uptake of modern contraception (female sterilization and IUD). Being visited by a CHW in the extended postpartum period was also strongly associated with subsequent uptake of modern contraception (IUD, condom and hormonal contraception). CONCLUSION: Providing postpartum family planning counseling at key junctures during maternal health visits has the potential to increase uptake of modern contraceptive method in urban Uttar Pradesh.
CONTEXT: Postpartum family planning is a compelling concern of global significance due to its salience to unplanned pregnancies, and to maternal and infant health in developing countries. Yet, women face the highest level of unmet need for contraception in the year following a birth. A cost-effective way to inform women about their risk of becoming pregnant after the birth of a child is to integrate family planning counseling and services with maternal and infant health services. METHODS: We use recently collected survey data from 2733 women from six cities in Uttar Pradesh, India who had a recent birth (since 2011) to examine the role of exposure to family planning information at maternal and infant health visits on (1) any contraceptive use in the postpartum period, and (2) choice of modern method in the postpartum period. We use discrete-time event history multinomial logit models to examine the duration to contraceptive use, and choice of modern method, in the 12 months following the last birth since 2011. RESULTS: We find that receiving counseling in an institution at the time of delivery has the strongest influence on women's subsequent uptake of modern contraception (female sterilization and IUD). Being visited by a CHW in the extended postpartum period was also strongly associated with subsequent uptake of modern contraception (IUD, condom and hormonal contraception). CONCLUSION: Providing postpartum family planning counseling at key junctures during maternal health visits has the potential to increase uptake of modern contraceptive method in urban Uttar Pradesh.
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