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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Do integrated MCH / family planning programs increase contraceptive use?

Findings from two North African studies.

AUTHORS

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carolina Population Center [CPC].

Evaluation Project

SOURCE

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, CPC, Evaluation Project, [1997]. [2] p. Focus on

Evaluation Result; USAID Contract No. DPE-3060-C-00-1054-00

ABSTRACT

Two recent studies of integrated maternal-child health/family planning programs in North Africa confirmed that

combined programs can increase contraceptive acceptance beyond levels achieved by family planning services

alone. In the first study, data from Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Morocco (1987) and Tunisia (1988)

on 3754 and 2677 married women, respectively, were used to analyze the effect of prenatal care on postpartum

contraceptive use. In both countries, prenatal care had a positive impact on contraceptive use; in Tunisia, the

impact was greater if the provider was a midwife or nurse. The second study used Demographic and Health Survey

data from Morocco (1992) to model women's reproductive health decisions as a function of the availability and quality

of services, community- and individual-level determinants, and maternal and child health care use. Women who

used maternal-child health services intensively were significantly more likely to go on to adopt a modern

contraceptive method than women who used these services less. Three processes are assumed to explain these

findings: 1) use of prenatal care fosters interaction between pregnant women and the health system, thereby

increasing the likelihood of communication with family planning personnel; 2) women's use of prenatal care may

lower costs of access to information about contraception and reduce the likelihood of receiving misinformation about

contraception; and 3) utilization of maternal-child health services can be linked with contraceptive use if doctors,

nurses, and midwives offer family planning information while providing prenatal care. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT2T 559-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Do integrated MCH / family planning programs increase

contraceptive use? Findings from two North African studies.", is(are) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Carolina Population Center [CPC]. Evaluation Project. The source of this article is "Chapel Hill, North Carolina, CPC,

Evaluation Project, [1997]. [2] p. Focus on Evaluation Result; USAID Contract No. DPE-3060-C-00-1054-00". This

article was published in 1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 559-06. All rights

reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 5559

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