Postpartum fertility behaviours and contraceptive use among women in rural Ghana

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine
Sebastian Kofi EliasonCecilia Eliason

Abstract

Although most women would want to wait for more than two years before having another baby, their fertility behaviours during the first year following birth may decrease or increase the length of the birth interval. The objectives of this study were to: assess how protected postpartum women in the Mfantseman municipal were against pregnancy, based on their patterns of amenorrhoea and sexual abstinence; determine the timing of postpartum contraception in relation to amenorrhoea and sexual abstinence; and determine the predictors of postpartum contraceptive use. This was a prospective study carried out in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central region of Ghana. Out of 1914 women attending antenatal clinic in the municipal within the study period, 1350 agreed to be part of the study to ascertain their postpartum fertility and contraceptive behaviours a year following delivery. These women were traced to their communities using telephone and house numbers provided and only 1003 of the women were finally traced and interviewed. The women were asked about their breastfeeding behaviour, postpartum sexual abstinence, duration of amenorrhoea and postpartum contraceptive use. The mean age of the respondents was 29.9 ± 6.5 years; adoles...Continue Reading

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Aug 14, 2020·South African Family Practice : Official Journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care·Henry O Owuor
Jan 24, 2020·International Journal of Reproductive Medicine·Tsegaye MehareYewbmirt Sharew
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Nov 16, 2021·Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities·Amanuel Mengistu MereraDigvijay Pandey

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