FRONTIERS PROJECT
Expansion of Postpartum/Postabortion Contraceptive Services in Honduras

Based on the success of an earlier project at the largest hospital in Honduras, this study aimed to introduce postpartum/postabortion contraceptive services at five additional hospitals in the country. FRONTIERS, the Ministry of Health, and the Hospital Escuela collaborated to train staff to provide family planning counseling and methods to postpartum and postabortion women. The proportion of women receiving this information doubled, and the proportion of women who received a contraceptive method tripled.

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Location

Honduras

Duration

April 1999–June 2001

Population Council researchers

Ricardo Vernon, Irma Mendoza

(For more information about this study, please contact frontiers@popcouncil.org.)

Non-Council collaborators

Honduras Ministry of Health

Hospital Escuela

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type. 

2001
"Honduras: Postpartum and postabortion patients want family planning," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 25. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 272 KB)

Medina, Ruth, Ricardo Vernon, Irma Mendoza, and Claudia Aguilar. "Expansion of postpartum and postabortion contraception in Honduras," FRONTIERS Final Report. (PDF, 637 KB)

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See Also

• Honduras
• Operations Research
• General Quality of Care 
• Postabortion Care
• Safe Motherhood/Postpartum Care
• Technical Assistance/Institution Building
• FRONTIERS Honduras
• FRONTIERS Technical Assistance/Institution Building
• FRONTIERS Postabortion Care
• FRONTIERS Safe Motherhood/Postpartum Care
• FRONTIERS Research Tools
• FRONTIERS Quality of Care Improvement

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