142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Post Partum Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device: Government of India Initiative

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Shailesh Advani, MD, MPH, PhD(c) , Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health & MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Asha Advani, MBBS, DPH, DHA, MD , Family Welfare, Bombay Municipal Corportation, Mumbai, India
Pragati Advani, MD, MPH, DrPH(c) , Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Dept of Behavioral Sciences, UT School of Public Health and MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Jagdish Khubchandani, MBBS, Ph.D, MPH , Department of Health Science, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Mahesh Advani, MBBS , Bombay Municipal Corportation, Mumbai, India
Background:  Post partum contraception is a growing aspect to ensure proper maternal and child care post delivery in developing countries. Yet, the use and knowledge of importance of proper spacing between pregnancies is very low in developing countries, and there is a growing emphasis on clinicians and public health practitioners to raise awareness of methodologies and importance of post partum contraception among women, and train more clinicians in prescribing appropriate contraception methods.

Methods: From published literature, government reports, city municipal corporation data we reviewed the Post-Partum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device Initiative (PPIUCD) of the Government of India and its implementation in the city of Mumbai.

Results: Overall, the PP-IUCD initiative has been successful in India and is an equitable family planning method which involved training of clinicians from across the city and nation in the use of PP-IUCD. The education component provides clinicians the guidelines for communicating with patients under proper cultural settings. Use of IUCD is simple, efficient, safe, reliable, and  offers long term contraception. PPIUCD has a high population uptake in the city of Mumbai that has a diverse population being catered in public hospital systems. Finally, PPIUCD is associated with reduced reporting of Pelvic inflammatory disease and other side effects by the target audience.

Conclusions: The PPIUCD initiative is an example that developing nations can adopt. In particular the intervention is suitable for nations with high maternal mortality post-partum and growing problems with population control. The initiative is also supported by JHPIEGO, an initiative of John Hopkins University.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
Describe the Governemnt of India Initiative of implementation of post partum intracontraceptive device in the city of Mumbai in collaboration with JHPIEGO, a part of John Hopkins University Describe the program, its aims and objectives, benefits of PPIUCD and barriers associated with its use.

Keyword(s): Contraception, Maternal and Child Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Worked with BMC on this project
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.