The statistics presented in this report on the use of family planning and infertility services in the United States are based on interviews with a national sample of 6428 currently married women 15-44 years of age, which were conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The statistics are presented in text tables, figures, and detailed tables. 2 measures of the use of family planni...

reproductive age women`s experiences about empowerment in family planning: a qualitative study     kohan s [1] , simbarm [2] *, talaghani f [3]     received: 31 aug, 2012 accepted: 02 dec, 2012       abstract   background & aims : women's empowerment is a process of the expansion in women`s ability and freedom to make strategic life choices, especially empowering them for decision making a...

International Family Planning Perspectives A reproductive health approach to family planning service delivery takes a comprehensive view of individuals’ circumstances and moves beyond their contraceptive needs alone. In an environment with high rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs),* a reproductive health approach must therefore include some degree of integration of STI ...

Introduction: Different factors affect lactating mothers' desires for choosing a contraceptive method in postpartum period. For example, the role of family planning education is worth to mention. The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between familily planning education during pregnancy and at postnatal ward, and lactating mothers' desires for choosing a contraceptive method...

BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY This study determined the unmet need for family planning among HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals living in western Uganda. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with individuals who were randomly selected from HIV testing lists. Of those individuals, further analysis was conducted on a subset of 206 participants who did not desire more children and were no...

During the last two decades, the use of maternal health services has increased dramatically in Pakistan, with nearly 80% of Pakistani women making an antenatal care (ANC) visit during their pregnancy. Yet, this increase in use of modern health services has not translated into significant increases in the adoption of contraception. Even though Pakistan has had a national family planning programm...