title: Rethinking postpartum family planning.
abstract: This article examines the rationales for commonly advocated postpartum family planning services and challenges the behavioral and biological assumptions on which they are based. An alternative approach to service delivery is suggested. Services should be designed to incorporate breastfeeding and to increase their acceptability to postpartum women.
authors.affiliation: Population Council, New York, NY 10017.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Winikoff
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mensch
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001721:Birth Intervals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards