Patterns of Contraceptive Adoption, Continuation, and Switching after Delivery among Malawian Women

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  • Kopp, Dawn M.
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-Malawi
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Rosenberg, Nora E.
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-Malawi
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Epidemiology
  • Stuart, Gretchen S.
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Miller, William C.
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Epidemiology; College of Public Health; Ohio State University
  • Hosseinipour, Mina C.
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-Malawi
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Medicine
  • Bonongwe, Phylos
    • Other Affiliation: Malawi College of Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Mwale, Mwawi
    • Other Affiliation: Bwaila Hospital; Lilongwe District Health Office
  • Tang, Jennifer H.
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-Malawi
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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  • Women who report use of postpartum family planning may not continue their initial method or use it consistently. Understanding the patterns of method uptake, discontinuation, and switching among women after delivery is important to promote uptake and continuation of effective methods of contraception. This is a secondary analysis of 634 Malawian women enrolled into a prospective cohort study after delivery. They completed baseline surveys upon enrollment and follow-up telephone surveys 3, 6, and 12 months post-delivery. Women were included in this analysis if they had completed at least the 3- and 6-month post-delivery surveys. Descriptive statistics were used to assess contraceptive method mix and patterns of switching, whereas Pearson’s χ2 tests were used for bivariable analyses to compare characteristics of women who continued and discontinued their initial post-delivery contraceptive method. Among the 479 women included in this analysis, the use of abstinence/traditional methods decreased and the use of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM) increased over time. Almost half (47%) discontinued the contraceptive method reported at 3-months post-delivery; women using injectables or LAPM at 3-months post-delivery were significantly more likely to continue their method than those using non-modern methods (p<0.001). Of the 216 women who switched methods, 82% switched to a more or equally effective method. The change in contraceptive method mix and high rate of contraceptive switching in the first 12 months postpartum highlights a need to assist women in accessing effective contraceptives soon after delivery.
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  • PloS One
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  • 12
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  • e0170284
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  • English
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  • 1932-6203

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