Barriers and Needs for Postpartum Contraception
Amanda Spishak-Thomas, Erica L. Eliason · 2026
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Amanda Spishak-Thomas and Erica Eliason study why people do not use contraception after childbirth, using a national survey of recent live births from 2019 to 2021. The sample held 115,917 respondents across forty states and two cities, and 22.9 percent reported no postpartum contraception. Both tick-box and free-text answers were analysed.
The top reasons were not wanting birth control, at 39.3 percent, and worry about side effects, at 32.2 percent. Free-text answers, over four thousand of them, stressed trouble booking appointments, lack of time, and infertility or trouble conceiving. The authors call for better counselling on side effects and gains, plus easier access, to support fair reproductive health after birth.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Amanda Spishak-Thomas, Erica L. Eliason |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |