NCT03890705

Postpartum Family Planning Utilization and Associated Factors Among Women During First Year After Childbirth in Assiut

Postpartum Family Planning Utilization and Associated Factors Among Women During the First Year After Childbirth in Assiut District

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 600 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15 Years – 49 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Postpartum family planning is defined as prevention of unintended pregnancy and closely spaced pregnancies during the first 12 months after the child birth postpartum contraceptive utilization is important because some women resume ovulation after 28 days postpartum inter-pregnancy intervals shorter than 18 to 24 months have been associated with an increased risk of fetal and maternal deaths ,35% of children younger than five deaths could be avoided if births spaced 36 months

Detailed description

According to Egyptian demographic health survey , unmet need for family planning increased from 11.6% in 2008 to be 12.6% in 2014, contraception prevalence rate decreased from 60% in 2008 to 59% in 2014. In Assiut Contraception prevalence rate decreased form 47.4 in 2008 to 41.4 in 2014 Total fertility rate increased from 3 in 2008 to 3.5 children/woman in 2014, Assiut Total fertility rate was 4.2 children/woman in 2014 . projections for the year 2030 estimated that total fertility rate would decline to be 2.1 births/woman if Contraceptive prevalence rate could rise to be 74.4% . Routine childhood immunization services include more than 500 million regular contacts annually, most women seek child immunization for their children so each immunization represents an opportunity to reach women with Postpartum family planning counselling so World Health Organization recommends Postpartum family planning as a critical healthcare component and World Contraception Day 26 September 2018, Met the theme"Postpartum family planning: essential for ensuring woman health and their babies" World Health Organization for family planning research agenda listed postpartum family planning utilization as a higher priority score with score 83.90

Conditions

• Contraception

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2020-06-01
• First posted: 2019-03-26
• Last updated: 2019-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt