Evaluating the impact of female community health volunteer involvement in a postpartum family planning intervention in Nepal: A mixed-methods study at one-year post-intervention

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High levels of unmet need for contraception in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are alarming and contribute significantly to maternal and child morbidity and mortality. This thesis describes the implementation of a six-country initiative aimed at setting up services providing postpartum family planning (PPFP) counselling and postpartum intrauterine device (PPIUD) insertion for those consenting across 48 referral hospitals. The countries involved included Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Bangl...

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Authors: Dhital, R; Silwal, RC; Pokhrel, KN; Pokhrel, S; Tuladhar, H

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Public Library of Science
• Journal: PLoS ONE
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 10
• Pages: e0258834-e0258834
• Publication date: 2021-10-20
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258834
• EISSN: 1932-6203
• ISSN: 1932-6203
• Language: English
• Keywords: Medicine; Intervention (counseling); Focus group; Community health; Thematic analysis; Pregnancy; Nursing; Qualitative research; Postpartum period; Family medicine; Public health; Qualitative property