OBJECTIVES This paper asks whether intensive outreach services can eliminate socioeconomic differentials in vaccine coverage. METHODS In 1990, the Matlab Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning Project (MCH-FP) surveyed 4238 respondents in an intervention area that received outreach and 3708 respondents in a comparison area in rural Bangladesh. Interacted multiple regression methods assesse...

Based on the Population Growth Rate (LPP) data in 2018, number of births Indonesia was 5 million (1.28%) per year. One reasons is lack knowledge and participation childbearing-age couples contraceptive selection. They were given Islamic family planning (FP) counseling because most Indonesia's population Muslim. This study aims to determine effect FP view selection for prospective acceptors Jabu...

CONTEXT: BENEFITS OF PREVENTING UNINTENDED PREGNANCY Among HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa, about 60–90% of pregnancies are unintended.1–3 Improving uptake and use of voluntary family planning (FP) among this group of women could help them and their partners have the families that they want. In addition, prevention of unintended pregnancy contributes to prevention of mother-to-child tr...

BACKGROUND Integrating family planning (FP) services into human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinical care helps improve access to contraceptives for women living with HIV. However, high patient volumes may limit providers' ability to counsel women about pregnancy risks and contraceptive options. OBJECTIVES To assess trends in the use of contraceptive methods after implementing an  electronic...

Abstract Background Afar region is one of the pastoralist dominated regions in Ethiopia. The characterized by a low contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) 5.4%. Lack awareness use, husband objection and religious barriers are attributed to CPR region. This study assessed effect community-based interventions for promoting family planning (FP) use among communities Methods design was three-arm, para...

BACKGROUND In Kenya, as in many low-income countries, the private sector is an important component of health service delivery and of providing access to preventive and curative health services. The Tunza Social Franchise Network, operated by Population Services Kenya, is Kenya's largest network of private providers, comprising 329 clinics. Franchised clinics are only one source of family planni...

BACKGROUND Maternal health (MH) services provide an invaluable opportunity to inform and educate women about family planning (FP). It is expected that this would enable women to choose an appropriate method and initiate contraception early in the postpartum period. In this study we examined interactions with health providers for MH services, and the effect of FP information provision during the...

OBJECTIVES The Urban Health Initiative (UHI) was initiated in 2009 with the goal of increasing family planning (FP) use among the poor in urban areas of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Measurement, Learning & Evaluation project (MLE) was tasked with rigorous impact evaluation of the UHI. This paper presents the impact evaluation findings of the UHI program. STUDY DESIGN The MLE design includes a lo...

Despite increasing efforts to address the reproductive health needs of people living with HIV, a high unmet need for contraception exists among HIV+ women in sub-Saharan Africa. This study explores the fertility intentions and family planning (FP) preferences of Kenyan women accessing HIV treatment. We conducted 30 semistructured interviews and qualitatively analyzed the data with a grounded th...

BACKGROUND Although the majority of postpartum women indicate a desire to delay a next birth, family planning (FP) methods are often not offered to, or taken up by, women in the first year postpartum. This study uses data from urban Senegal to examine exposure to FP information and services at the time of delivery and at child immunization appointments and to determine if these points of integr...