Effect of a postpartum family planning intervention on postpartum intrauterine device counseling and choice: evidence from a cluster-randomized trial in Tanzania
The World Health Organization recommends postpartum family planning (PPFP) for healthy birth spacing. This study is an evaluation of an intervention that sought to improve women’s access to PPFP in Tanzania. The intervention included counseling on PPFP during antenatal and delivery care and introduc...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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12 May 2020
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BMC women's health
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 1 |
| ISSN: | 1472-6874 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12905-020-00956-0 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-00956-0
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| Author Notes: | Erin Pearson, Leigh Senderowicz, Elina Pradhan, Joel Francis, Projestine Muganyizi, Iqbal Shah, David Canning, Mahesh Karra, Nzovu Ulenga and Till Bärnighausen |
| Summary: | The World Health Organization recommends postpartum family planning (PPFP) for healthy birth spacing. This study is an evaluation of an intervention that sought to improve women’s access to PPFP in Tanzania. The intervention included counseling on PPFP during antenatal and delivery care and introducing postpartum intrauterine device (PPIUD) insertion as an integrated part of delivery services for women electing PPIUD in the immediate postpartum period. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 18.09.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1472-6874 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12905-020-00956-0 |