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Article: Family planning advice and postpartum contraceptive use among low-income women in Mexico.
- Article from:
- International Family Planning Perspectives
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
- Author:
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CONTEXT: In Mexico, family planning advice has been incorporated into the clinical guidelines for prenatal care. However, the relationship between women's receipt of family planning advice during prenatal care and subsequent contraceptive use has not been evaluated.
METHODS: Data were collected in 2003 and 2004 in 17 Mexican states from 2,238 urban low-income women postpartum. Participating women reported on prenatal services received and contraceptive use. Logistic and multinomial logistic regression models evaluated whether receiving family planning advice during prenatal care predicted current contraceptive use, after quality of care in the community, service ...