A qualitative analysis of women’s reproductive agency and postpartum family planning in Maharashtra, India
There is an urgent need to enhance PPFP counseling and service provision within family planning programs in India, emphasize reproductive choice among women, broaden the public dialogue on contraceptive use and find ways to engage men in contraceptive decision making. Interventions that can enhance knowledge and change acceptability of contraception in the community will enhance informed choice for contraceptive use among couples as well as PPFP access and use.
Authors
- Lotus McDougal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3002-0489)
- Abhishek Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6263-4410)
- Gennifer Kully (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6227-5488)
- Edwin Elizabeth Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1060-7394)
- Anita Raj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8127-5123)
- Mohan Ghule (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3403-4156)
- Nandita Bhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0383-4000)
- Sarah Averbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1924-7770)
Institutions
- Tulane University (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- International Institute for Population Sciences (IN)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Gender Studies (CZ)
- O. P. Jindal Global University (IN)
- Center for Health and Gender Equity (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336103
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00