… Engaging Families for a Healthy Pregnancy This report is a focused desk review of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors related to pregnancies in three high-risk situations: Advanced maternal age, high parity, and rapid repeat pregnancies after abortion or miscarriage. Promouvoir la Participation des Familles pour des Grossesses Saines (en français) …
… Promouvoir la Participation des Familles pour des Grossesses Saines …
This report provides an evidence review and DHS secondary analysis on women of advanced maternal age and high parity pregnancies. Engaging Families for Healthy Pregnancies: Family Planning for Women of Advanced Maternal Age and High Parity: Global Evidence on Health Outcomes and Secondary Analysis of DHS Data Promouvoir la participation des familles pour des grossesses saines – Planification familiale centrée sur les femmes d’âge maternel avancé …
This May 25, 2016 webinar highlighted the importance of addressing and preventing the risks of pregnancies among women of advanced maternal age (AMA) and high parity (HP). Presenters discussed findings from HC3’s qualitative research in Niger and Togo, perspectives and experiences from the field for the need to address this issue to save women’s lives, and social and behavior change communication tools for programs managers to engage their commun…
Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) is an under-utilized approach to family planning and maternal and child health education, counseling and services to help families have planned pregnancies at the healthiest times of their lives for the best outcomes for mother and child. The HTSP I-Kit is designed to help program managers address the risks of pregnancies among women aged 35 and older (of advanced maternal age, or AMA) and women havi…
le 7 juillet 2016 Une présentation et discussion sur l’importance d’aborder et de prévenir les risques liées aux grossesses chez les femmes d’âge maternel avancée (AMA) et d’une haute parité (HP). Le webinaire comprendra : Les perspectives de l’USAID sur la planification et l’espacement idéal des grossesses pour la santé (PEIGS), et les grossesses AMA et HP (Alexandra Todd, USAID/Washington) Les perspectives depuis l’Afrique Sub-Saharienne sur le…
Early, frequent and late pregnancies pose significant dangers to maternal, neonatal and child health, especially in countries where women have limited access to quality healthcare services. Pregnancies among women of advanced maternal age (AMA, 35 years or older) or among women of high parity (HP, having had five or more births) are linked to maternal and infant mortality. To better understand the context in which AMA and HP pregnancies occur, HC…
Les grossesses précoces, fréquentes et tardives constituent de grands dangers pour la santé maternelle, néonatale et infantile (SMNI), en particulier dans les pays où les femmes ont un accès limité aux services de soins de santé de qualité (HC3, 2014a). Les grossesses chez les femmes d’âge maternel avancé (AMA, 35 ans ou plus) ou chez les femmes à haute parité (HP, ayant donné naissance cinq fois ou plus) sont liées à la mortalité maternelle et i…
In 2015, HC3 conducted research to better understand the knowledge, attitudes, practices and socio-cultural factors in Togo and Niger that lead women to continue having children later in life and after they have already had many births. Focusing solely on women age 35 and older and women having five or more births, the research ultimately informed the HC3 Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) Advanced Maternal Age and High-Parity Pregnan…
In 2016, Marie Stopes International (MSI) and the Association Togolaise pour le Bien-Être Familial (ATBEF) utilized the HC3 Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) Advanced Maternal Age and High-Parity Pregnancy Implementation Kit to address and prevent high-risk pregnancies in Togo and Niger. En français. The case studies below present the results from each of those pilot projects: HTSP Case Study: SBCC Implementation Kit Helps Providers …
… This flip chart, which includes English and Hausa side-by-side, is meant to be used by facilitators to promote birth spacing, family planning (including permanent, long-acting and shorter term methods), and to explain the benefits of birth spacing for mothers, fathers, children and communities as a whole. Download the Flip Chart …
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