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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The lactational amenorrhea method: a new hormonal family planning method.

AUTHORS

Labbok MH

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1992. Presented at the 40th Anniversary Meeting of the

International Planned Parenthood Federation, New Delhi, India, October 23-25,

1992 and at the International Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of

Contraception, Barcelona, Spain, October 28-31, 1992. 6, [17] p.

ABSTRACT

Family planning (FP) programs in at least 9 countries have included the birth-to-6 month Lactational Amenorrhea

Method (LAM) in the contraceptive mix and have modified the method's protocol to become culturally appropriate and

to understand its parameters. Studies demonstrate that LAM is effective, and women can modify their breast feeding

behaviors. For example, a case control study in Chile shows that, at 6 months, the pregnancy rate of the women

practicing LAM was .45%, and the cases were 2.5 times more likely to be exclusively breast feeding at 6 months than

were the controls. LAM benefits FP programs because it increases FP coverage (78-91%), and LAM users'

pregnancy rates remain lower than controls at 1 year (7.9% vs. 8.6%). After 1 year, their pregnancy rate is somewhat

higher (7% vs. 5.3%). but more of their pregnancies are planned than are those who did not use LAM (4% vs. 1.3%),

suggesting that they use LAM to space births at a 2-year interval. The improved breast-feeding pattern of LAM even

results in a longer duration of amenorrhea than that of other full breast feeders. This benefit is leading some

programs to extend LAm to 9 months and perhaps even longer. LAM not only saves money for users, it has a cost

saving of 10-15% for FP programs. Various ethnic and cultural groups find LAM acceptable. LAM even brings in new

contraceptive users who might not used other methods had they not been introduced to LAM. FP managers can

credit their program with .25 couple years of protection for each LAM user. In conclusion, LAM contributes to

improved child survival via the benefits of breast milk and of birth spacing. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T

1539-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The lactational amenorrhea method: a new hormonal family

planning method.", is(are) Labbok MH. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1992. Presented at the 40th

Anniversary Meeting of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, New Delhi, India, October 23-25, 1992 and

at the International Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Contraception, Barcelona, Spain, October 28-31,

1992. 6, [17] p.". This article was published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT3T 1539-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 11539

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