Our specific aims were to determine the demographic
characteristics and decision-making among women who
accepted PPIUCDs, their perception and satisfaction with
PPIUCDs, and complications that occurred after insertion
of PPIUCDs. The overarching aims of this study were to
inform the stakeholders about the experience of the PPIUCD program in the country and provide guidance for
further scaling up of the PPIUCD program in India. This
publication addresses several specific areas within these
overarching aims: clients’ satisfaction with PPIUCD as a
family planning method; the importance of counseling services
within the perspective of the overall decision making
process of the client and her family for acceptance of a
postpartum family planning method; and the post-insertion
outcomes of the clients accepting PPIUCD services.