The Effect of Integrating Family Planning with a Maternal and Newborn Health Program on Postpartum Contraceptive Use and Optimal Birth Spacing in Rural Bangladesh

Meeting postpartum contraceptive need remains a major challenge in developing countries, where the majority of women deliver at home. Using a quasi-experimental trial design, we examine the effect of integrating family planning (FP) with a community-based maternal and newborn health (MNH) program on...

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in family planning 2015-09, Vol.46 (3), p.297-312
Hauptverfasser: Ahmed, Saifuddin, Ahmed, Salahuddin, McKaig, Catharine, Begum, Nazma, Mungia, Jaime, Norton, Maureen, Baqui, Abdullah H.
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Zusammenfassung:Meeting postpartum contraceptive need remains a major challenge in developing countries, where the majority of women deliver at home. Using a quasi-experimental trial design, we examine the effect of integrating family planning (FP) with a community-based maternal and newborn health (MNH) program on improving postpartum contraceptive use and reducing short birth intervals
ISSN:0039-3665
1728-4465
DOI:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2015.00031.x