Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning PubHealthInfo

[PubHealth.info Homepage] [Category Homepage] [Disclaimer/Copyrights] [Feedback]

Thank you for your kind visit to PubHealth.info®, an information portal created in technical collaboration with PakMed Biomedical Solutions * * * PubHealth.info® presents hundreds of thousands of informative Web pages on a variety of public health issues / issues * * * An ultimate source of information for teachers, students and research workers who need to find information on various public health issues, like population planning, contraception, HIV AIDS, STDs, maternal and child health, communicable and non-communicable disease, etc. * * * PubHealth.info® regularly updates the repository of these hundreds of thousands of informative Web pages * * * PubHealth.info® is one of the world's largest repositories and information portals with online Web pages on public health issues particularly those pertaining to developing countries!

PubHealth.info® (a subsidiary of PakMed) presents scientific information mainly based on abstracts of articles published on a variety of public health issues/topics, particularly encompassing population planning, disease prevention, maternal and child health, and communicable and non-communicable diseases (like HIV AIDS, malaria, etc) that are affecting a significant portion of population in developing and developed countries. Here you can find abstracts of articles published on a variety of public health topics under category "Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning". Contraception (birth control) is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices, practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical issue in many cultures and religions, and although it is generally less controversial than abortion specifically.

YEAR: 1996

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Research confirms LAM's effectiveness. Contraceptive update.

AUTHORS

Finger WR

SOURCE

NETWORK. 1996 Fall;17(1):12-14, 24.

ABSTRACT

In December 1995, in Bellagio, Italy, 24 specialists in the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) from nine countries

served on a panel that analyzed the results of studies in more than 12 countries. These studies were coordinated by

Family Health International, the World Health Organization, and Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive

Health (IRH). LAM is more than 98% effective during the first 6 months postpartum. The three criteria a woman must

meet to use LAM correctly are: 1) she must be amenorrheic since delivery; 2) she must be fully or nearly fully breast

feeding; and 3) she must be in the first 6 months postpartum. Should any of these criteria change, LAM users should

switch to another family planning method if they wish to prevent pregnancy. The recent research suggests that

increasing the 6-month criterion to 9-12 months after delivery might be possible under certain conditions (e.g., if

breast feeding takes place immediately before each supplemental feeding). Further research is needed before

amending this criterion, however. The most critical of the LAM criteria is being amenorrheic, since the end of

amenorrhea indicates a return of ovarian activity. Based on the research findings, the specialists put together a

consensus statement: The efficacy of LAM has now been well established in prospective studies, and programs

should regard LAM as an additional method that increases family planning choices for postpartum women. The

consensus also stated that the lactational amenorrhea method should receive the programmatic and policy support

necessary to become available worldwide. IRH has developed and tested LAM use guidelines in five languages.

The LAM specialists in Bellagio emphasized that they were not promoting LAM above other methods but rather

validating its scientific effectiveness. They did not limit their promotion of breast feeding to LAM but also promoted

breast feeding for its other benefits (e.g., it lowers an infant's risk of infection). (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT2T 2069-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Research confirms LAM's effectiveness. Contraceptive

update.", is(are) Finger WR. The source of this article is "NETWORK. 1996 Fall;17(1):12-14, 24.". This article was

published in 1996 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2069-06. All rights reserved with

PubHealth.info) PIN: 7069

This page is optimized to be viewed by Java script enabled Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 or later version, at screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels.