Contraceptive Use During Lactation in Developing Countries

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ID10797763
AuthorsAnne R Pebley (0000-0002-9210-6421, Princeton University, corresponding author), Howard I Goldberg (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Jane Menken (0000-0002-0008-0325, Princeton University)
Year1985
Volume16
Issue1
Pages40
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1965816
PMID3983981
OpenAlexW1975641185
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Contraceptive use by breastfeeding women in developing countries has led to concern about potentially harmful effects of steroid contraceptives on the health of breastfed children. In this paper, breastfeeding women's use of the pill and hormonal injections is investigated using survey data from 17 Latin American, Asian, and African countries. The results indicate that while the proportions of breastfeeding women who use these methods were small in most countries at the time of the surveys, the proportion using the pill was not inconsequential. In general, younger lactating women with higher education and more live births who live in urban areas are more likely to use the pill than other breastfeeding women

Breastfeeding · Developed country · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family planning · Latin Americans · Pill · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Pediatrics

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