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Correlates of long-acting reversible contraception uptake among rural women in Guatemala

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  • Kirsten Austad
  • Pooja Shah
  • Peter Rohloff

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Objective: In many low-resource settings around the world utilization of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is low, in part due to access barriers. We sought to explore LARC utilization patterns as well as factors associated with LARC initiation by women seeking contraception in rural Guatemala from a program working to reduce contraception access barriers. Study design: We analyzed data from a program that provides family planning in six remote, primarily indigenous, villages in Guatemala with limited access to alternative health services. Methods are free and delivered directly within villages by culturally competent providers. We conducted a retrospective chart review of all 288 women who initiated a contraceptive method over a 16-month period and conducted a logistic regression to obtain adjusted odds ratios (OR) for predictors of LARC uptake. Results: Overall 79.2% of women elected a LARC method. More than half of women (49.8%) switched to LARC from short-acting hormonal methods. In the univariate analysis prior use of short-acting method (p = 0.014), number of prior methods (p = 0.049), and current contraceptive use (p

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  • Kirsten Austad & Pooja Shah & Peter Rohloff, 2018. "Correlates of long-acting reversible contraception uptake among rural women in Guatemala," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(6), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0199536
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199536
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