Engaging Community Health Workers to Enhance Modern Contraceptive Uptake Among Young First-Time Parents in Five Cities of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

Adding tailored information and counseling on contraceptive methods for young married and first-time parents to an existing family planning program can enhance the use of modern contraceptive methods for this population.

The Challenge Initiative: Lessons on Rapid Scale-Up of Family Planning and Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

“…There is a definite benefit in engaging the private sector; however, the authors note issues of quality in FP counseling and services, availability of long-acting methods, and integration of recordkeeping into the public health system and HMIS as key challenges that need to be addressed. Sharma et al 30 focus on how first-time parents (FTPs) are overlooked in state FP initiatives in India due to the lack of services adapted to the needs of adolescent and youth parents. The adolescent and youth FTP population in Uttar Pradesh presents a need for short-term and reversible contraceptives to promote spaced births.…”