PMID- 37435584 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230918 IS - 2377-9608 (Electronic) IS - 2377-9608 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2023 Jan-Dec TI - Relationship Between Gender Equality and Husband Support in the Use of Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP). PG - 23779608231186743 LID - 10.1177/23779608231186743 [doi] LID - 23779608231186743 AB - INTRODUCTION: Postpartum family planning (PPFP) has been reported to decrease the risk of stunting by increasing the interval between pregnancies by 0.9 percent every month. In Indonesia, the prevalence of stunting affects 21.6% in 2022; however, it is expected that by 2024, the figure would drop to 14%. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to analyze the relationship between gender equality and husband support in the use of PPFP. METHODS: The study was conducted using a cross-sectional method and took place from August to October 2022. The participants comprised 210 women who had given birth in the first 4 to 12 months in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The data was collected from women who visited the pediatrics and family planning clinics of community health centers from August to October 2022, using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using both the Chi-Square Test and Binary Logistic Regression Analysis. RESULTS: The results showed that 38.1% of the participants used PPFP. The estimated results reveal that variables such as education, husband support, gender equality, home visits, and postnatal visits (p < 0.05) influenced the implementation of postpartum contraception. While other variables such as age, occupation, income, number of children, and parity did not affect the model (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Participating in postpartum family planning requires the husband's support and gender equality. We recommend a deliberate effort on improving postnatal mothers using postpartum family planning, one of the strategies is to increase intensive outreach to pregnant women with higher education to their husbands about the importance of postpartum family planning. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2023. FAU - Widyastuti, Yani AU - Widyastuti Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6295-5687 AD - Community Development/Empowerment Counseling in Health Promotion, Postgraduate School, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia. RINGGOLD: 148007 FAU - Akhyar, Muhammad AU - Akhyar M AD - Faculty Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia. RINGGOLD: 148007 FAU - Setyowati, Retno AU - Setyowati R AD - Center for Population and Gender Research, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia. RINGGOLD: 148007 FAU - Mulyani, Sri AU - Mulyani S AD - Community Development/Empowerment Counseling in Health Promotion, Postgraduate School, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia. RINGGOLD: 148007 LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230705 PL - United States TA - SAGE Open Nurs JT - SAGE open nursing JID - 101724853 PMC - PMC10331218 OTO - NOTNLM OT - gender equality OT - gender study OT - husband support OT - post partum family planning COIS- The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. EDAT- 2023/07/12 06:42 MHDA- 2023/07/12 06:43 PMCR- 2023/07/05 CRDT- 2023/07/12 04:02 PHST- 2023/02/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/06/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/07/12 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/12 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/12 04:02 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_23779608231186743 [pii] AID - 10.1177/23779608231186743 [doi] PST - epublish SO - SAGE Open Nurs. 2023 Jul 5;9:23779608231186743. doi: 10.1177/23779608231186743. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.