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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Postpartum-family planning education and acceptance of contraception.

AUTHORS

Sayegh J

SOURCE

Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1975 May. 264 p.

ABSTRACT

This thesis analyzes the effect of family planning education during the lying-in period as a means of recruiting

acceptors, and whether family planning education increases acceptance irrespective of the predisposition and level

of readiness of the recipient of messages. The prospective study was conducted at the Maternity Service American

University Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon. A total of 450 mothers, most of whom were of low socioeconomic

status, comprised the sample population; they were randomly assigned to an education group and a control group.

Both groups were subjected to pre- and post- interviews, with a 100% completion rate. A diffusion model and Green's

modification of Anderson's behavioral model were integrated in the study to explain readiness and acceptance of

family planning. The results showed that postpartum educational effort doubled acceptance of family planning (from

18% to 39%) of women who returned to the postpartum family planning clinic within the 1st 9 weeks after delivery; the

educational impact was observed irrespective of the respondents' socio-demographic characteristics, life styles and

level of readiness for family planning practice. The findings illustrate the applicability of diffusion models in family

planning, and provide insight into the role of channels of communciation and change agent on the decision-making

process. This study, however, did not analyze the rate of adoption of contraceptive method over time. Future studies

should determine whether the recipients continued, or discontinued use of adopted method, or switched to another

method over time, and whether nonacceptors actually accepted contraceptives over time. Recommendations for

future family planning programs were also described. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3088-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Postpartum-family planning education and acceptance of

contraception.", is(are) Sayegh J. The source of this article is "Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University,

1975 May. 264 p.". This article was published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT7T 3088-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 33088

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