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This presentation will familiarize health professionals with
contraception after pregnancy; that is, contraception after
childbirth or abortion. It is divided into three sections. The
first section contains general introductory information, including
a discussion of the unmet need for contraceptive services after
pregnancy, the rationale for integrating these services with
other health services, and characteristics of effective contraceptive
services following pregnancy. The second section contains information
about the contraceptive methods most appropriate for both breastfeeding
and nonbreastfeeding women postpartum and the timing of initiation
of these various methods. The third and final section discusses
the contraceptive methods appropriate for women who have had
spontaneous (miscarriage) or induced abortions (either uncomplicated
or complicated), and ways to improve family planning services
for women following abortion.
Depending upon the background and needs of your audience, you
may decide to use some or all of the PowerPoint slides or supplement
them with information relevant to your local situation.
Items found in shaded boxes are suggestions for activities
and discussion questions that you may wish to use with your
audience. Including some or all of these elements can help your
presentation become more interactive, enhancing the learning
process. In some cases when activities are used, you may find
that slides covering the same material may be omitted.
Regardless of whether or not you include the participatory
activities, be sure to familiarize yourself with the contents
prior to your presentation. At the beginning of the presentation,
inform your audience about the organization of your presentation
and how you would like to structure the discussion (i.e., take
questions during the presentation or wait until the end). If
you plan to include participatory activities, make sure your
audience is aware of this. Depending on how much information
you decide to use, you may want to break the presentation into
two or more sessions. In its entirety, the presentation takes
two hours to complete without the participatory activities and
two and a half hours when they are included.
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