The Relationship between Prenatal Care and Subsequent Modern Contraceptive Use in Bolivia, Egypt and Thailand

Abstract

Determinants of modern contraceptive use are usually examined in isolation of the effect of exposure to other aspects of health care systems. Maternal interaction with organised health service provision during post-conception and postpartum stages of reproduction can provide an opportunity to transfer contraceptive service information and counselling. We found that living in a community in which women have widespread health service contact is related to both prenatal care use and subsequent modern contraceptive use. After controlling for effects of living in high health service contact areas and various demographic and background factors, our results suggest that prior use of prenatal care has a strong influence on subsequent use of modern contraception in Bolivia, Egypt and Thailand.

Role of Maternal and Child Health Care Services on Postpartum Contraceptive Adoption in India

“…The argument was that the utilization of these services contributes to women's faith in the health systems and their contentment with the health care services, making them more likely to utilize the family planning services. This finding is in contrast with the study conducted in Thailand, which reported that the women who had utilized ANC did not necessarily adopt contraceptives after having index birth (Zerai & Tsui, 2001). However, similar to our finding, research in Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, the Dominican Republic, and Peru found that the women who delivered in government or private health facilities were more likely to use postpartum contraceptive methods than those who delivered at home (Barber, 2007;Gebreselassie, Rutstein, & Mishra, 2008).…”

“…Moreover, literature suggests that though the integration of MCH and FP services has come to focus following the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo (Hardee & Yount, 1995), only a few papers based on some developing countries have tested the linkages between utilization of MCH services and contraceptive use (Hotchkiss et al, 1999;Seiber et al, 2005;Zerai & Tsui, 2001).…”

The Effect of Combined Antenatal and Postnatal Counselling on Postpartum Modern Contraceptive Use: Prospective Case-Control Study in Kocaeli, Turkey

“…The factors contributing to postpartum contraceptive use have been studied previously and include socio-demographic factors, prior experiences, obstetric care service utilisation, and antenatal-postnatal education [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. The differences in the time and type of educational interventions and the heterogeneity of the population have yielded diverse outcomes [16][17][18][19][20].…”

“…Prior study performed by Zerai et al, investigated the role of prenatal care for modern contraceptive use in Bolivia, Egypt and Thailand. They suggested that prenatal care strongly affects subsequent modern method use [21]. The data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in Kenya showed that ANC service intensity and previous method use were related to postpartum contraception [22].…”

“…The majority of the studies have explored antenatal and postnatal counselling separately [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. Few studies have addressed the contraceptive use after both prenatal and postnatal counseling [24,29].…”