PMID- 32787387
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211207
LR  - 20211214
IS  - 2078-6204 (Electronic)
IS  - 2078-6190 (Print)
IS  - 2078-6190 (Linking)
VI  - 62
IP  - 1
DP  - 2020 Aug 13
TI  - Comparison of postpartum family planning uptake between primiparous and 
      multiparous women in Webuye County Hospital, Kenya.
PG  - e1-e5
LID - 10.4102/safp.v62i1.5093 [doi]
LID - 5093
AB  - BACKGROUND: Postpartum family planning (PPFP) is associated with health, social 
      and economic benefits to a woman and her family. Its uptake, particularly of the 
      more effective, long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), is low. The role 
      of parity in PPFP uptake is inconclusive. The aim of this study was to compare 
      the uptake of PPFP and LARCs between primiparous and multiparous women 
      accompanying their children for the first measles vaccine, which is at 9 months 
      after delivery, in Webuye County Hospital, Kenya. METHODS: This was a 
      cross-sectional study. Study participants were recruited using a systematic 
      random sampling method and data were collected using a pretested, structured, 
      interviewer-administered questionnaire. The collected data were analysed using an 
      independent t-test to compare PPFP uptake between primiparous and multiparous 
      women, whereas chi-square tests (for categorical data) and independent t-tests 
      (for numerical data) were used to compare the various socio-demographic 
      characteristics and occurrence of various predictors of PPFP uptake between the 
      two groups of postpartum women. Factors that were significantly different between 
      the two groups were controlled for using logistic regression. RESULTS: There was 
      a significant difference on PPFP uptake (22.0%; 95% CI: 11.8-32.3; p 0.001), but 
      none on LARC use (OR = 0.88; 95% CI: 0.46-1.66) between the two groups of women. 
      The unadjusted and adjusted OR for the effect of parity on FP uptake was 3.48 
      (95% CI: 1.88-6.42) and 2.32 (95% CI: 1.15-4.67), respectively. CONCLUSION: There 
      is a significant difference in the uptake of PPFP, but not LARCs, between 
      primiparous women and multiparous women accompanying their children for the 
      9-month measles vaccine in Webuye County Hospital. Primiparous women are less 
      likely to initiate the use of PPFP compared to their multiparous counterparts.
FAU - Owuor, Henry O
AU  - Owuor HO
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret. 
      owuorkembo@gmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200813
PL  - South Africa
TA  - S Afr Fam Pract (2004)
JT  - South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of 
      Family Practice/Primary Care
JID - 9701104
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Family Planning Services
MH  - Female
MH  - *Hospitals, County
MH  - Humans
MH  - Kenya
MH  - Parity
MH  - Postpartum Period
MH  - Pregnancy
PMC - PMC8378052
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Family planning
OT  - multiparity
OT  - postpartum family planning
OT  - primiparity
OT  - reproductive health
OT  - rural medicine
COIS- The author has declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2020/08/14 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00
PMCR- 2020/08/13
CRDT- 2020/08/14 06:00
PHST- 2020/01/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/04/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/02/22 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/08/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/08/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/08/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - SAFP-62-5093 [pii]
AID - 10.4102/safp.v62i1.5093 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2020 Aug 13;62(1):e1-e5. doi: 10.4102/safp.v62i1.5093.