ArticleContraception and reproductive medicine2021
Prevalence of postpartum family planning utilization and associated factors among postpartum mothers in Arba Minch town, South Ethiopia.
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- The effect of maternal educational status, antenatal care and resumption of menses on postpartum contraceptive use in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
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- Modern contraceptive utilization and associated factors among postpartum women in Kena Woreda, Konso Zone, South Ethiopian Regional State, Ethiopia, 2023: mixed type community based cross-sectional study design.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2024Article
- Utilisation of maternal healthcare services and influencing factors in public health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
- Family planning utilization among postpartum women in the Bule Hora District, southern Ethiopia.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Postpartum family planning uptake and its associated factors among postpartum women in Asosa zone, Benishangul Gumuz regional state, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2023Article
- Time to postpartum family planning initiation and its predictors among mothers coming for first measles vaccination at Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, Dessie Model Clinic, Northeast Ethiopia: cox-regression model.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Time to initiate postpartum modern contraceptives among pregnant women in Ambo Town, Central Ethiopia; Cox-proportional hazard regression analysis.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2022Article
- Factors associated with utilization of modern postpartum family planing methods during the extended postpartum period among mothers who gave birth in the last 12 months at Injibara town, Northwest, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2022Article
- The impact of having a dedicated obstetrics and gynecology resident to provide contraceptive counseling on immediate postpartum family planning uptake: a "pre-post" study.Reproductive health · 2022Observational
- Utilization of postpartum family planning and associated factors among postpartum women attending five healthcare facilities in a rural district in Northern Uganda.Women's health (London, England)Article
- The effect of contraceptive empowerment during pregnancy on postpartum family planning use in Ethiopia: evidence from a longitudinal panel study.Therapeutic advances in reproductive healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundContraception allows women to realize their human right to decide if and when to have children and helps people to attain their desired family size. Yet 214 million women of a reproductive age in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy are not using a modern contraceptive method. Women who have recently given birth are among the group with the highest unmet need for contraception. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the prevalence of postpartum family planning use and associated factors among postpartum women in Southern Ethiopia.
methodsInstitution based cross-sectional study design was conducted. A structured and pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data from study participants. Study participants were selected using a systematic random sampling technique by allocating proportionally to each health facility. The data was entered using EPI data version 3.1statistical software and exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.0 for further analysis. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify associated factors. P values < 0.05 with 95% confidence level was used to declare statistica significance.
resultOverall, 44% of postpartum women utilize postpartum family planning. Having an antenatal care visit [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) =1.89(95%CI, 2.42-7.90), having planned pregnancy [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.17(95%CI, 1.60-2.28)], being married (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) =2.86(1.94-8.73), and having a college and above level educational status (AOR) =1.66(1.28-3.55) were significantly associated with utilization of postpartum family planning.
conclusionThis study showed that the prevalence of postpartum family planning was 44%. Marital status, educational status of mothers, the status of pregnancy, and having an antenatal care follow-up during pregnancy were some factors associated with postpartum family planning utilization. Therefore, strengthening family planning counselling during antenatal and postnatal care visits, improving utilization of postnatal care services and improving women's educational status are crucial steps to enhance contraceptive use among postpartum women.
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