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There is growing recognition of the importance of working with young (aged 24 and younger) first time parents (FTPs) to improve health and development outcomes. Globally, 1 in 5 young women (aged 20\u201324) were married as children, and approximately 16 million 15\u201319 year olds and 770,000 10\u201314 year olds give birth each year in developing regions [1<\/a>, 2<\/a>]. A major cause of death among adolescent girls worldwide is pregnancy-related complications. Mothers and babies are healthier if there is at least 24 months between the last birth and next pregnancy. However, in many countries, birth intervals are shorter among the youngest mothers, and use of postpartum family planning (PPFP) is lower for adolescent mothers (aged 15\u201319) compared to all women of reproductive age [3]. The closely spaced birth of a second child to an adolescent mother can perpetuate a cycle of poverty and inequity, since in many countries, rapid repeat pregnancies are most common among poor, less educated and rural communities.<\/p>\n

At the same time, a first pregnancy or birth is a pivotal opportunity to shape norms and practices that can contribute to long-term health and well-being. A growing number of initiatives have sought to meet the specific reproductive and maternal health needs of FTPs. Through these experiences, several building blocks for effective FTP programming have emerged. However, as FTP programs advance, new learning and insights are rapidly emerging. To best meet the needs of FTPs, it is critical to capture these new insights and quickly apply them to programming and research. To support this, in 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned Save the Children to conduct a review to examine new and emerging considerations from recent research and programs related to FTP\u2019s reproductive and maternal health, with a particular focus on family planning (FP). This technical brief presents the main findings and considerations that emerged from the review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is growing recognition of the importance of working with young (aged 24 and younger) first time parents (FTPs) to improve health and development outcomes. 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Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.\r\n<h2>What we do<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-795\" src=\"\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/2.-Parth-Sanyal.jpg\" alt=\"2. Parth Sanyal\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPhoto: Parth Sanyal\/ Save the Children\r\n\r\n<strong>Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) Program:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSave the Children's Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) program, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a globally recognized leader in newborn health and a respected voice in many low-resource countries. Since 2000, Save the Children\u2019s SNL program has worked as a catalyst towards ensuring that newborn health and survival is on global and national agendas. 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MCSP is a global, USAID Cooperative Agreement to introduce and support high-impact health interventions with a focus on 24 high-priority countries with the ultimate goal of ending preventable maternal and child deaths within a generation. The Program is focused on ensuring that all women, newborns and children most in need have equitable access to quality health care services to save lives.\r\n\r\n<strong>Save the Children Campaigns:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAs an independent and global organization, Save the Children has a powerful voice in campaigning for long-term change, and a track record of success. 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By 2015, the campaign aims to have catalyzed a breakthrough in governments' policies and practices that dramatically accelerates sustainable progress towards MDG 4. Follow the <a href=\"http:\/\/everyone.savethechildren.net\/news\">Every One campaign via their blog. <\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-797\" src=\"\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/EveryBeatMatters-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"EveryBeatMatters - Thumb\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/>Every Beat Matters<\/strong>: Through this campaign, Save the Children aims to raise awareness among the American public of the key issues related to child survival, engage and foster champions who are willing to raise their voices for children in need around the world, and create a movement which demands that we increase access to lifesaving care so that no parent suffers the unnecessary loss of a child. Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy, happy and able to reach their potential. 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Integrating contraception counseling and services into quality antenatal, postnatal, and newborn care is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/immediate-postpartum-family-planning\/\">proven intervention<\/a> and should be included in both facility and community based services.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">163<\/span>m<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666117399105{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of women with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(22)00936-9\/fulltext\">unmet need for modern contraception services in 2019<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">1.7<\/span>m<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1667922548234{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of fewer newborn deaths annually if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/fact-sheet\/investing-sexual-and-reproductive-health-low-and-middle-income-countries\">unmet contraceptive need is met <\/a>in LMICs<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-blue\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">700<\/span>k<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1667922954092{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of stillbirths that could be averted annually if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/report\/adding-it-up-investing-in-sexual-reproductive-health-2019\">unmet contraceptive need is met<\/a> in LMICS<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More on Family Planning\" color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#cccccc\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<strong>Family planning methods:<\/strong> There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/family-planning-contraception\">many methods available<\/a>, under many different brand names. Modern methods include oral contraception pills, implants, injectable, intrauterine devices (IUDs), emergency contraception, male and female condoms, male and female sterilization, and lactational amenorrhea method (LAM). Additional methods include withdrawal, the calendar or rhythm method, and other fertility based methods. Some are more effective than others, and many rely on proper use to ensure effectiveness. Most of these contraceptives can be <a href=\"https:\/\/postpartumfp.srhr.org\/\">safely used immediately postpartum<\/a>; the rest can be initiated shortly after delivery, within a few weeks to six months.\r\n\r\nThe lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) is <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9678098\/\">98% effective<\/a> for the first six months postpartum. LAM prevents pregnancy while the mother is exclusively breastfeeding. It becomes less effective when other foods and liquids, like formula, are included, so women who are unable to exclusively breastfeed should consider other methods.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<strong>Spacing of pregnancy:<\/strong>\u00a0Use of family planning helps achieve healthy spacing of pregnancies, which is critical to a healthy pregnancy and delivery and to newborn survival. When pregnancies are too close together (less than 24 months between the last live birth and the next pregnancy), the risk of low birth weight, preterm birth, and newborn death increases; when pregnancy begins within six months of the last live birth, these complications are even more likely. Furthermore, when a mother who is still nursing an infant of any age becomes pregnant again, it is difficult to meet the nutritional needs of the mother, nursing baby, and fetus.\r\n\r\n<strong>Timing of pregnancy:<\/strong>\u00a0Studies have shown that both newborns and mothers have the healthiest outcomes when pregnancies occur after age 18. When mothers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4562289\/\">younger than 18<\/a>, they and their infants face increased risk of birth\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/complications-during-childbirth\/\">complications<\/a>, including stillbirth, low birth weight, and preterm birth. When possible, it is recommended to time pregnancies appropriately, especially by delaying first pregnancy until at least age 18. Adolescents, regardless of marital status, should have access to contraceptive methods to delay pregnancy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=\"56227\" add_caption=\"yes\"][vc_text_separator title=\"Key resources\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/training-resource-package-for-family-planning\/\">Training Resource Package for Family Planning\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fphandbook.org\/\">Family Planning Global Handbook for Providers<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/immediate-postpartum-family-planning\/\">High Impact Practices for Family Planning \u2013 Immediate Postpartum Family Planning<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/negative-effects-of-short-birth-interval-on-child-mortality-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis\/\">Negative effects of short birth interval on child mortality in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta analysis<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/family-planning-contraception\">WHO Family planning\/contraception methods<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9678098\/\">Postpartum contraception: the lactational amenorrhea method<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Reproductive health & family planning","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"reproductive-health-family-planning","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-07 16:00:38","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-07 21:00:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&p=136","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19551,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2019-12-16 14:55:12","post_date_gmt":"2019-12-16 19:55:12","post_content":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>The transition to becoming a parent for the first time is a time of rapid changes (sexual debut, first pregnancy, marriage, first birth, learning to care for a newborn), often within the space of a year. Globally, about 12 million adolescent girls (ages 15-19) and many more young women (ages 20-24) become parents every year. Data on childbirths to very young adolescent (ages 10-14) is becoming more available, with a global rate of 1.5 per 1,000 women in 2022.<\/h2>\n<p>These first-time parents (FTPs), girls and women between the ages of 15 and 24 who have one child and\/or who are pregnant, and their male partners\u2013often navigate these life milestones with varied support from their family, community, and the health system, with adverse health outcomes.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/4\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">42.5<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"3\/4\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690995172014{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">births per 1,000 adolescent girls age 15-19 (2016-2021)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/4\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">34<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"3\/4\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666043445113{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percent higher risk of death in the neonatal period among babies born to adolescent mothers<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=\"What can be done?\" color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#cccccc\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]Due to social and biological vulnerabilities, pregnancy in adolescence is associated with poor health outcomes for mothers and newborns. First-time parents use of health services during and following pregnancy is often low, due to limited decision-making power, stigma, lack of resources, and judgmental attitudes from health workers. Rapid repeat pregnancies, defined as less than 24 months after the previous birth, increase risk of preterm birth, low birthweight, small size for gestational age, and infant and early childhood mortality\u2014and, in many contexts, are more common among adolescent mothers.<\/p>\n<p>Early pregnancy is also associated with adverse education and economic outcomes for mothers. A focus on increasing FTPs\u2019 timely and continued use of health services across the continuum of care\u2014antenatal care, maternity, postnatal, newborn, and postpartum family planning\u2014is essential to improving health and other outcomes for mothers and babies.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]Comprehensive approaches targeting FTPs have yielded promising results, increasing use of family planning and other health services, improving social support for FTPs, and encouraging more gender-equitable household practices. Projects and research with FTPs have shown several common essential elements.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting the diverse needs and varied influences of FTPs, activities at the individual, couple, household, community, and health system levels are needed. Engagement of household influencers and key decision-makers, especially mothers-in-law, is critical, as is addressing social norms that encourage early and closely-spaced pregnancy and limit girls\u2019 decision-making power. Efforts to strengthen service quality and the health system\u2019s responsiveness to the needs of FTPs are key.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452735746534{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Useful resources<\/h4>\n<p>Increasingly, evidence highlights the importance of framing efforts around FTPs\u2019 aspirations for their and their child\u2019s future\u2013as well as addressing the needs and aspirations of their male partners. Last, research and program learning highlights that approaches must be tailored to the needs of diverse FTPs, particularly the distinction between those who are married versus parenting alone. Applying these key elements to approaches that reach FTPs at scale is an area for future learning.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/resourcecentre.savethechildren.net\/library\/connect-increasing-use-pospartum-family-planning-first-time-parents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connect factsheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/reaching-the-youngest-moms-and-dads-a-socio-ecological-view-of-actors-and-factors-influencing-first-time-young-parents-use-of-sexual-and-reproductive-health-services-in-madagascar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reaching the youngest moms and dads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/beyond-the-abcs-of-ftps-a-deep-diver-into-emerging-considerations-for-first-time-parent-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A deep dive into emerging considerations for FTP programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/because-my-husband-and-i-have-never-had-a-baby-before-results-and-lessons-from-interventions-with-first-time-parents-in-madagascar-mozambique-and-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Results and Lessons from FTP Interventions in Madagascar, Mozambique, and Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompassforsbc.org\/sbcc-tools\/evidence-action-e2a-projects-first-time-parent-framework\">First-time Parent Framework<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsprogram.org\/resource\/factors-impacting-use-health-services-first-time-young-parents-formative-research-toolkit\/?_sfm_resource_sub_topic=adolescents\">FTP Formative Research Toolkit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-40870\" src=\"\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/CH188126.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"1200\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"First-time parents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"first_time_parents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-02 12:56:06","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-02 16:56:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&p=19551","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"regions":[],"countries":[],"views":"1408","featured_image":37357},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/37355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/37355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"toolkit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/toolkit?post=37355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}