Impact of post-abortion family planning services on contraceptive use and abortion rate among young women in China: a cluster randomised trial

Abstract

Couples who received the comprehensive post-abortion FP service appear to use more effective contraceptive methods and show better compliance.

Effectiveness of peri-abortion counselling in preventing subsequent unplanned pregnancy: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

“…Four of the studies took place in developed countries: Iceland,20 Italy,17 Scotland19 and the USA 22. The remaining two studies were carried out in newly industrialised countries: China21 and Brazil 18…”

“…and Langston et al 22. both only included participants that were over 18 years of age, whereas Zhu et al 21. reported that all participants were under the age of 25 years.…”

“…All the papers reported an intervention involving individual counselling relating to contraceptive methods, although one study also provided group education over a 2-day event involving partners 21. The remaining five studies delivered the counselling in one single session 17–20 22.…”

“…The remaining five studies delivered the counselling in one single session 17–20 22. Carneiro Gomes Ferreira et al .,18 Schunmann and Glasier,19 Zhu et al 21. and Langston et al 22.…”

Contraceptive counseling in Turkey after induced abortion

“…A study from China compared the use of 2 contraceptive packages (one comprising limited information, the other providing more extensive information and including free contraceptives and partner involvement) among young women [19]. Both packages led to increased use of contraceptive methods but the extensive package also increased the use of more effective methods [19].…”