Effects of immediate postpartum contraceptive counseling on long-acting reversible contraceptive use in adolescents
Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics Nov 16, 2017
Kaewkiattikun K - Researchers undertook a comparative evaluation of the long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use between immediate and conventional postpartum contraceptive counseling and intended to identify the predictive factors of postpartum LARC use. A marked rise was noted in the postpartum use of LARC in adolescents through immediate postpartum contraceptive counseling when compared with conventional (4-6 weeks) postpartum contraceptive counseling. Adolescent mothers who received immediate postpartum counseling exhibited 3.67 times greater tendency to use LARC than those who received conventional postpartum counseling.
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