Journal article
Systematic Review of the Literature on Postpartum Care: Selected Contraception Methods, Postpartum Papanicolaou Test, and Rubella Immunization
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The postpartum period is a time when many routine interventions are provided to mothers. This review examined the published evidence for the effectiveness of selected contraceptive methods, Papanicolaou (Pap) tests, and rubella immunization.
METHODS: MEDLINE, Cinahl, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library were searched for randomized controlled trials of interventions initiated from immediately after birth to 1 year in postnatal women. …
Authors
Levitt C; Shaw E; Wong S; Kaczorowski J; Springate R; Sellors J; Enkin M
Journal
Birth, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 203–212
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2004
DOI
10.1111/j.0730-7659.2004.00306.x
ISSN
0730-7659