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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Identification of clinical and programmatic research needs in postpartum

contraception. Report on the International Conference on Postpartum

Contraception, Mexico City, September 1990.

AUTHORS

Rivera R; Kennedy K; Rosman A; Dunson R

SOURCE

[Durham, North Carolina], Family Health International [FHI], 1991. ii, 52 p.

ABSTRACT

A conference on Postpartum Contraception was held in Mexico City on September 17-19, 1990, attended by 145

family planning policymakers, service providers and researchers from 46 countries. The participants discussed

contraceptive methods and service delivery, and after the main meeting 19 representatives from 5 international

agencies developed a process for selecting the highest priorities for clinical and program research. They had

prepared 221 suggested research topics, and at the meeting categorize these into 81 programmatic topics, 64

clinical topics, 43 both program and clinical topics. 3 working groups selected 10 most important topics in each

category, and then drafted a summary with objectives, justification and future implications for each. Finally the

participants rated all 30 topics on a scale of 1 to 5. The mean priorities of each topic ranged from 2.5 to 4.3,

suggesting that the group members did not distinguish the topics in importance, but considered them all rather

important. The topic with the highest priority was a clinical study of the duration and contraceptive effectiveness of

lactational amenorrhea in specific communities. Several other important topics involved timing of return to fertility,

best timing for IUD insertion, integrating breastfeeding promotion into family planning programs, introducing

postpartum contraception into existing programs, and assessing client preferences for postpartum family planning.

The 30 project summaries are appended here. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2056-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Identification of clinical and programmatic research needs

in postpartum contraception. Report on the International Conference on Postpartum Contraception, Mexico City,

September 1990.", is(are) Rivera R; Kennedy K; Rosman A; Dunson R. The source of this article is "[Durham,

North Carolina], Family Health International [FHI], 1991. ii, 52 p.". This article was published in 1991 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2056-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12056

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