Assessment of a Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP) Intervention in Selected Areas of BangladeshDownload Document: PPFP-Final-Report_TR-23-550_D4I_final_508c_v2.pdf (2 MB)Citation: Rahman MM, Haider MM, Barman P, Imam MA, Khan S, Alam A, Nahar Q, Shams Z, Begum NN, Rahman M. (2023). Assessment of a postpartum family planning intervention in selected areas of Bangladesh. Chapel Hill, NC, USA: Data for Impact.Abstract: Closely spaced pregnancies are associated with a higher risk of poor maternal and child health outcomes. Appropriate and timely use of postpartum family planning (PPFP) helps women prevent unintended and closely spaced pregnancies through the first 12 months following childbirth. PPFP focuses on providing FP counseling and services to women and couples in the first 12 months after birth. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified different points of contact with maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) interventions during the 12-month period after childbirth, which provide opportunities to integrate PPFP activities. An effective way of increasing PPFP uptake is to create demand for PPFP through counseling during antenatal care (ANC) and offering FP methods during facility delivery or soon afterward. However, to what extent women may accept PPFP if they are counseled at ANC visits and offered PPFP during facility delivery is not well studied in Bangladesh. Therefore, it is important to measure the effect of strengthened and systematic PPFP counseling during facility-based ANC visits, delivery care, and postnatal care (PNC) visits and offering FP methods during facility delivery and PNC visits on the uptake of FP methods within the postpartum period. This report summarizes and analyzes the study's findings on PPFP counseling during facility visits.Shortname: TR-23-550Author(s): M Mahabubur Rahman, M Moinuddin Haider, Prianka Barman, Md. Ali Imam, Shusmita Khan, Anadil Alam, Quamrun Nahar, Zubair Shams, Nurun Nahar Begum, Mizanur RahmanYear: 2024Language: EnglishRegion(s): BANGLADESHFiled under: Antenatal Care, Bangladesh, Family Planning, Maternal and child health, postpartum, Pregnancy, Report, Reproductive Health
