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YEAR: 1998

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Postpartum family planning services in the Philippines: an assessment of

current service provision and future program requirements.

AUTHORS

Osteria TS; Kantner A

SOURCE

Honolulu, Hawaii, East-West Center, 1998 Oct. [2], 58 p. East-West Center Working

Papers. Population Series No. 104

ABSTRACT

This study assessed the nature and comprehensiveness of family planning (FP) information provided to women

attending postpartum FP clinics in the Philippines. Data were obtained from interviews with 338 providers and 3452

mothers who gave birth between January 1994 and December 1997. Clinics were primarily government rural health

units and municipal health offices. 65.4% of providers were midwives, 20.7% were nurses, and 11.0% were

physicians. About 50% had supplied FP services for over 10 years. 25.7% had been in service for under 5 years.

88.2% had received training in postpartum care. Adopters of FP within 6 months of delivery were 3.9% in 1994,

14.0% in 1995, 31.1% in 1996, and 51.0% in 1997. 43.8% were from Luzon, 30.7% were from Visayas, and 25.5%

were from Mindanao. 63.9% delivered at home. Postpartum women received services mostly from midwives,

followed by barangay health workers, or community-based distributors. 42.0% adopted FP within 1 month of delivery.

47.7% of 1st-month adopters accepted IUDs, 24.1% accepted DMPA, and 12.0% accepted pills. 13.9% practiced

lactational amenorrhea. Findings indicate that clients often obtained inadequate FP information and misinformation.

Medical procedures were not usually followed or explained. Clients were not well informed about the range of

services available. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 43-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Postpartum family planning services in the Philippines: an

assessment of current service provision and future program requirements.", is(are) Osteria TS; Kantner A. The

source of this article is "Honolulu, Hawaii, East-West Center, 1998 Oct. [2], 58 p. East-West Center Working Papers.

Population Series No. 104". This article was published in 1998 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document

ID: CONT2T 43-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 5043

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