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Rethinking postpartum family planning
1Population Council, New York, NY 10017.
Studies in Family Planning
|September 1, 1991
This article examines the rationales for commonly advocated postpartum family planning services and challenges the behavioral and biological assumptions on which they are based. An alternative approach to service delivery is suggested. Services should be designed to incorporate breastfeeding and to increase their acceptability to postpartum women.
This article examines the rationales for commonly advocated postpartum family planning services and challenges the behavioral and biological assumptions on which they are based. An alternative approach to service delivery is suggested. Services should be designed to incorporate breastfeeding and to increase their acceptability to postpartum women.
Keywords:
Acceptors--womenBehaviorBreast FeedingContraceptionContraceptive Methods ChosenContraceptive UsageDeveloping CountriesEconomic FactorsFamily PlanningFamily Planning ProgramsHealthInfant NutritionLiterature ReviewMarketingMethod AcceptabilityMotivationNutritionPostpartum AmenorrheaPostpartum ProgramsPromotionPsychological FactorsPuerperiumReproduction