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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Lactational amenorrhea as a method of family planning in Egypt.

AUTHORS

Khella AK; Fahim HI; Issa AH; Sokal DC; Gadalla MA

SOURCE

Contraception. 2004 Apr;69(4):317-322.

ABSTRACT

Because of the potential importance of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) as a family-planning option in

Egypt, we analyzed data from the 1995 Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) to study breastfeeding

practices, use of contraception, reproductive history and sociodemographic factors for 5504 mothers with children

under 3 years. According to the EDHS data, about 80% of Egyptian women breastfed for at least 6 months, and 40%

breastfed for 15-18 months. Over half of breastfeeding mothers used no additional contraception. Thirty-six percent of

mothers breastfeeding children younger than 6 months who reported using no additional contraception were

exclusively breastfeeding and amenorrheic, but only 4% reported relying on breastfeeding for family planning. We

also held eight focus group discussions with breastfeeding mothers from urban and rural Upper and Lower Egypt on

their use of contraceptive methods, breastfeeding, lactational amenorrhea and LAM. Participants showed strong

recognition of the contraceptive effects of breastfeeding but differed widely in their understanding of lactational

infecundability and knowledge of LAM as a method. These results suggest that LAM would be widely acceptable to

Egyptian women, but that an educational program about the method is needed. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT1T 578-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Lactational amenorrhea as a method of family planning in

Egypt.", is(are) Khella AK; Fahim HI; Issa AH; Sokal DC; Gadalla MA. The source of this article is "Contraception.

2004 Apr;69(4):317-322.". This article was published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document

ID: CONT1T 578-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 578

This article is peer-reviewed.

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