title: Post-partum contraceptive preference in high-risk parturients in Maputo.
abstract: A total of 171 consecutive high-risk parturients in Maputo Central Hospital were studied regarding post-partum contraceptive choice in order to plan a new post-natal clinic approach in maternal health care. It was found that contraceptive interest was much less in women with experience of child loss than in women with all children surviving (p less than 0.005). The findings were useful in planning various measures to meet the documented demand for available methods under adverse circumstances of scarce manpower and material resources.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Central Hospital, Maputo, Mozambique.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergström
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009073:Mozambique / Q000453:epidemiology; D010298:Parity; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires