Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Ricardo Vernon, Ana del Carmen Rojas, Adilia Gadea, Freddy Solis, Maritza Molina, Gisela Quiterio, Michaelle Boulos, Louis-Marie Boulos, Flor de Maria Cardoza, and Hector Eusebio. "Telling pregnant women about their postpartum contraceptive options is not enough: Evidence from Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua."

Abstract

Evidence from Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua shows that women who receive family planning counseling immediately after delivery or during their postpartum visits are more likely to adopt a modern contraceptive method in the six-month postpartum period than women who do not receive counseling. Family planning information provided during antenatal care, on the contrary, has no effect on postpartum contraceptive use. Multivariate logistic regression analysis that control for socioeconomic characteristics, parity, desire to limit or space fertility, and breastfeeding show that these conclusions hold even after taking into account other factors that influence contraceptive use. The policy implications of our paper suggest that family planning programs should focus more on reaching women during delivery care and the postpartum period.

Poster Session 1
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 8:00–10:00 am

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