Conclusion Women would benefit from messages that effectively communicate about risk of pregnancy, particularly in the postpartum period. Providers may also benefit from additional instruction on postpartum women’s FP needs and eligibility for contraception. Provider use of alternative screening methods such as the pregnancy checklist should be introduced or reinforced. Presentation of informat...

CONTEXT Knowing the extent to which contraceptive nonuse, incorrect or inconsistent use, and method failure account for unintended pregnancies ending in abortion, as well as reasons for nonuse and imperfect use, can help policymakers and family planning providers support effective contraceptive use. METHODS Contraceptive use patterns among a nationally representative sample of 10,683 women re...

We aimed to identify effective behaviour change techniques to increase modern contraceptive use in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Literature was identified in Global Health, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Popline, as well as peer reviewed journals. Articles were included if they were written in English, had an outcome evaluation of contraceptive use, modern contraceptive use, c...

OBJECTIVES To identify and report cross-national patterns in contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents. DESIGN A cross-national cross-sectional survey. SETTING Data were collected in 2002 by self-report questionnaire from students in school classrooms. PARTICIPANTS A cluster sample of 33,943 students aged 15 years from 24 countries. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES International standard...

This paper uses Demographic and Health Survey (DHS I) data to investigate the influence of education upon use of traditional contraceptive methods. Traditional methods include periodic abstinence (rhythm), withdrawal, and country-specific folk methods. Bivariate analysis shows that as education increases, so does the use of traditional contraception in all nine countries. However, controlling f...

Since the mid 1990s, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Department of Reproductive Health and Research, in collaboration with international partners, has been creating and updating global guidance for family planning, based on the best scientific evidence. In April 2008, WHO held its most recent expert meeting to update this guidance and create the fourth edition of the Medical Eligibility C...