Meeting the Needs of Postpartum Women: Provider Perspectives on Maternal Contraceptive Care in Pediatric Settings

Postpartum Family Planning in Pediatrics: A Survey of Parental Contraceptive Needs and Health Services Preferences

“…However, interventional approaches will need to account for the complex and multi-level factors at play to effectively and flexibly meet the needs of both patient and clinical stakeholders. 20 , 34 Primary care-based intervention designs will need to take into consideration the competing demands in a primary clinic for other preventive care and screening services, 35 and perhaps broaden their scope to engage interdisciplinary health care team members and collaborate with adult reproductive health services providers. Such collaboration could also facilitate conversation about new or ongoing contraceptive needs that may not have been addressed during routine postpartum obstetric care, for example, our study participants who attended postpartum visits though still reported unmet contraceptive needs at 2 to 6 months.…”