The Effect of Family Planning Counselling on Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake and Interpregnancy Intervals in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has high maternal and child mortality, malnutrition, fertility, and low contraceptive use, hampering socioeconomic development. An unmet need for contraception often leads to unintended pregnancies and short interpregnancy intervals (IPI), causing adverse health and socioeconomic consequenc...

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Main Author: Mruts, Kalayu Brhane
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/92801
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description Ethiopia has high maternal and child mortality, malnutrition, fertility, and low contraceptive use, hampering socioeconomic development. An unmet need for contraception often leads to unintended pregnancies and short interpregnancy intervals (IPI), causing adverse health and socioeconomic consequences. This thesis aimed to investigate the prevalence of short IPIs and associated risk factors, as well as the association between family planning counselling and postpartum contraceptive uptake and an unmet need for contraception in Ethiopia.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-928012023-07-21T03:43:52Z The Effect of Family Planning Counselling on Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake and Interpregnancy Intervals in Ethiopia Mruts, Kalayu Brhane Ethiopia has high maternal and child mortality, malnutrition, fertility, and low contraceptive use, hampering socioeconomic development. An unmet need for contraception often leads to unintended pregnancies and short interpregnancy intervals (IPI), causing adverse health and socioeconomic consequences. This thesis aimed to investigate the prevalence of short IPIs and associated risk factors, as well as the association between family planning counselling and postpartum contraceptive uptake and an unmet need for contraception in Ethiopia. 2023 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/92801 Curtin University restricted
spellingShingle Mruts, Kalayu Brhane
The Effect of Family Planning Counselling on Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake and Interpregnancy Intervals in Ethiopia
title The Effect of Family Planning Counselling on Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake and Interpregnancy Intervals in Ethiopia
title_full The Effect of Family Planning Counselling on Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake and Interpregnancy Intervals in Ethiopia
title_fullStr The Effect of Family Planning Counselling on Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake and Interpregnancy Intervals in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Family Planning Counselling on Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake and Interpregnancy Intervals in Ethiopia
title_short The Effect of Family Planning Counselling on Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake and Interpregnancy Intervals in Ethiopia
title_sort effect of family planning counselling on postpartum contraceptive uptake and interpregnancy intervals in ethiopia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/92801