Postpartum Family Planning Service Through Enhanced Family Planning in Immunization Services
Postpartum Family Planning Service Through Enhanced Family Planning in Immunization Services
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an intervention, which is
 designed to increase contraceptive prevalence among postpartum women attending vaccination
 services who desire to either space or limit their pregnancies, thus reducing unmet
 contraceptive need in this population.
Study Goal:

 To determine the effectiveness of an intervention, which is designed to increase
 contraceptive prevalence among postpartum women attending vaccination services who desire to
 either space or limit their pregnancies, thus reducing unmet contraceptive need in this
 population.

 The Intervention:

 A. Brief, concise messages conveyed to women during group education sessions regarding
 pregnancy risk, benefits of FP, and family planning options during the postpartum period.

 B.IEC materials such as posters and brochures that deliver messages about the benefits of
 spacing pregnancies by at least 2 years, LAM, return to fecundity and pregnancy risk during
 the postpartum period and contraceptive options for postpartum women.

 C.Use of a screening tool (Appendix A) to assess pregnancy risk for postpartum women coupled
 with a brief counseling message depending upon risk classification which includes referral to
 FP services for those currently or soon-to-be at-risk of pregnancy.

 D.Convenient offer of FP services to women attending vaccination services for their infants
 either concurrently with vaccination services, or at the same facility and on the same day,
 but at a different time from vaccination services.

 Study Design:

 Experimental, two-group (intervention/control) pretest (pre-intervention) /posttest
 (post-intervention) design 12 month intervention period. A mid-course collection of process
 data will also be conducted at 6 months to assess the degree to which the intervention is
 being implemented as intended and to provide an opportunity for corrective action if needed.

 Participants: Women attending vaccination services for their infants, and vaccination and FP
 providers
Inclusion Criteria:

 Clients:

 -  adult women, aged 21 years and older, or married women ages 18 to 20 who have achieved
 legal majority status by emancipation due to marriage,

 -  bring their infants between the ages 6-12 months to immunization services at study
 sites

 Providers:

 -  all health care providers who currently provide immunization services to infants
 and/or family planning services within the selected facilities.