ArticleStudies in family planning2022
Did COVID-19 Impact Contraceptive Uptake? Evidence from Senegal.
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- Barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising sexual and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluating the effects of a multi-level intervention on young women's contraceptive use: sexual and reproductive health results of a cluster-randomised factorial-design study in Tshwane, South Africa.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2025Trial
- The dynamics of family planning and abortion services during COVID-19: perspectives from healthcare providers and clients in Burkina Faso.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Policy in practice: assessing Senegal's family planning progress using a mixed-methods approach.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Changes in Age-Specific Pregnancy Prevalence Proportions over the Covid-19 Pandemic in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Family planning behavior before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2024Article
- Trends in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Before and Into the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso and Kenya: Evidence From Panel Data.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on contraceptive methods, abortion, and unintended pregnancy: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Unmet need and intention to use as predictors of adoption of contraception in 10 Performance Monitoring for Action geographies.SSM - population health · 2023Article
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- Impacts of COVID-19 on reproductive health service provision, access, and utilization in Ethiopia: Results from a qualitative study with service users, providers, and stakeholders.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Barriers in accessing family planning services in Nepal during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2023Article
- The resilience of two departmental health insurance units during the COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- IUD self-removal as self-care: Research is needed in low and middle-income countries.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of new contraceptive acceptors in Senegal overall and by method. Monthly service data from March 2019 to December 2020 were extracted for the number of new contraceptive users of IUDs, implants, injectables, and oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and interrupted time series analysis for trend analyses overall and by the contraceptive method. Following the announcement of the first COVID-19 case in Senegal in March 2020, there was an immediate significant decrease in the number of new acceptors overall, and for new users of implants and injectables. From March-December 2020, the trend in monthly new family planning acceptors increased overall, mainly driven by significant increases in new IUD and implant acceptors. Compared to the period before the onset of COVID-19, there was a statistically significant shift from shorter-acting methods (OCPs, injectables) to long-acting reversible methods (IUDs, implants). Despite the immediate adverse impact of COVID-19-related restrictions, the number of new acceptors rebounded, trends in the number of new monthly acceptors significantly increased, and there was a significant shift to longer-acting methods.
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