Family Planning Intentions and Practices Among Women With Poor Obstetric Outcome

Women who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death are at higher risk of repeated poor neonatal outcomes if they have short interpregnancy intervals. Understanding the attitudes surrounding future fertility and contraception in this population is critical to propose socially and culturally acceptable interventions to address an unmet need for family planning. Participants: Women who have experienced a stillbirth or early neonatal death will be recruited from the postnatal ward of Bwaila Maternity Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. Procedures (methods): This will be a qualitative study using 20 in-depth interviews and four focus group discussions of up to 10 women each.