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To assess the level of knowledge and identify independent predictors of the lactational amenorrhea method as a contraceptive option among postpartum women in Aksum town, Ethiopia.

September 3, 2018BMC Research NotesOpen Access

Knowledge and associated factors of lactational amenorrhea as a contraception method among postpartum women in Aksum town, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

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TATeklehaymanot Huluf AbrahaAksum University ATAlemayehu Shimeka TeferraUniversity of Gondar AGAbebaw Addis GelagayUniversity of Gondar

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Cross-sectional study finds low knowledge of lactational amenorrhea contraception in postpartum women, indicating that postnatal care and home counseling are critical to close family planning gaps.

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To assess the level of knowledge and identify independent predictors of the lactational amenorrhea method as a contraceptive option among postpartum women in Aksum town, Ethiopia.
Conducted a cross-sectional study from March 25 to April 24, 2015, in Aksum town, Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
Sampled postpartum women who had given birth during the 12 months preceding the survey.
The overall prevalence of knowledge regarding the lactational amenorrhea method as contraception was 8.8% (95% CI, 6.4%–11%).
Institutional delivery (AOR = 1.4, 95% CI 1.2–4.3), postnatal care attendance (AOR = 1.3, 95% CI 1.2–3.0), and home counseling by health extension workers (AOR = 1.5, 95% CI 1.3–4.0) significantly increased knowledge odds.
Maternal education at a secondary level or higher independently predicted greater knowledge of the method (AOR = 1.2, 95% CI 1.1–4.0).

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Abraha et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93cda03df241ee7928b0d1 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3754-2

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Cross-sectional study finds low knowledge of lactational amenorrhea contraception in postpartum women, indicating that postnatal care and home counseling are critical to close family planning gaps.

Knowledge and associated factors of lactational amenorrhea as a contraception method among postpartum women in Aksum town, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

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Knowledge and associated factors of lactational amenorrhea as a contraception method among postpartum women in Aksum town, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

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