Monitoring Contraceptive Continuation

Links to Fertility Outcomes and Quality of Care

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10796534
AutoresAnn K Blanc (Research International (United States), autor de correspondencia), Siân L Curtis, Siân Curtis (0000-0001-5225-860X), Trevor Croft (0000-0002-7980-9579), Trevor N Croft
Año2002
Volumen33
Número2
Páginas127-140
Fecha de publicación2002-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4465.2002.00127.x
PMID12132634
OpenAlexW2073982139
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas42
Referencias citadas17

This study examines the fertility consequences of contraceptive discontinuation, describes cross‐national variation in continuation rates, and assesses the usefulness of the contraceptive discontinuation rate as a summary outcome indicator of quality of care. In the 15 countries included in this analysis, the total fertility rate would be between 28 and 64 percent lower if the births following discontinuations that were not the result of a desire to become pregnant had not occurred. The all‐method discontinuation rate for quality‐related reasons emerges as the most likely candidate for a summary measure of quality of care. Within a year of starting use of a method, between 7 and 27 percent of women cease to practice contraception for reasons related to the quality of the service environment. The results imply that as fertility declines, family planning programs would profit from a shift in emphasis from providing methods to new clients toward providing services to reduce discontinuation rates

Birth rate · Discontinuation · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Population · Psychiatry · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception