LAM Bibliography

LINKAGES has identified key peer-reviewed journal articles on LAM research findings. Their citations are listed below in chronologically descending order by the following categories:

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Efficacy and Effectiveness

Peterson AE, Perez-Escamilla R, Labbok MH, Hight V, von Hertzen H, Van Look P. 2000. Multicenter study of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) III: Effectiveness, duration, and satisfaction with reduced client-provider contact. Contraception 62, no. 5: 221-30.

Valdes V, Labbok MH, Pugin E, Perez A. 2000. The efficacy of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) among working women. Contraception 62, no. 5: 217-9.

Tommaselli GA, Guida M, Palomba S, Barbato M, Nappi C. 2000. Using complete breastfeeding and lactational amenorrhoea as birth spacing methods. Contraception 61, no. 4: 253-7.

World Health Organization Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility. 1999. The World Health Organization multinational study of breast-feeding and lactational amenorrhea IV. Postpartum bleeding and lochia in breast-feeding women. Fertil Steril 72, no. 3: 441-7.

World Health Organization Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility. 1999. The World Health Organization multinational study of breast-feeding and lactational amenorrhea III. Pregnancy during breast-feeding. Fertil Steril 72, no. 3: 431-40.

Prieto CR, Cardenas H, Croxatto HB. 1999. Variability of breast sucking, associated milk transfer and the duration of lactational amenorrhoea. J Reprod Fertil 115, no. 2: 193-200.

World Health Organization Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility. 1998. The World Health Organization multinational study of breast-feeding and lactational amenorrhea II. Factors associated with the length of amenorrhea. Fertil Steril 70, no. 3: 461-71.

World Health Organization Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility. 1998. The World Health Organization multinational study of breast-feeding and lactational amenorrhea I. Description of infant feeding patterns and of the return of menses. Fertil Steril 70, no. 3: 448-60.

Hardy E, Santos LC, Osis MJ, Carvalho G, Cecatti JG, Faundes A. 1998. Contraceptive use and pregnancy before and after introducing lactational amenorrhea (LAM) in a postpartum program. Adv Contracept 1998 14, no. 1: 59-68.

Hight-Laukaran V, Labbok MH, Peterson AE, Fletcher V, von Hertzen H, Van Look PF. 1997. Multicenter study of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM): II. Acceptability, utility, and policy implications. Contraception 55, no. 6: 337-46.

Labbok MH, Hight-Laukaran V, Peterson AE, Fletcher V, von Hertzen H, Van Look PF. 1997. Multicenter study of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM): I. Efficacy, duration, and implications for clinical application. Contraception 55, no. 6: 327-36.

Ramos R, Kennedy KI, Visness CM. 1996. Effectiveness of lactational amenorrhoea in prevention of pregnancy in Manila, the Philippines: Non-comparative prospective trail. BMJ 313, no. 7062: 909-12.

Cooney KA, Nyirabukeye T, Labbok MH, Hoser PH, Ballard E. 1996. An assessment of the nine-month lactational amenorrhea method (MAMA-9) in Rwanda. Stud Fam Plann 27, no. 3: 102-71.

Kazi A, Kennedy KI, Visness CM, Khan T. 1995. Effectiveness of the lactational amenorrhea method in Pakistan. Fertil Steril 64, no. 4: 717-23.

Weis P. 1993. The contraceptive potential of breastfeeding in Bangladesh. Stud Fam Plann 24, no. 2: 100-8.

Perez A. 1981. Natural family planning: Postpartum period. Int J Fertil 26, no. 3: 219-21.

Van Ginneken JK. 1974. Prolonged breastfeeding as a birth spacing method. Stud Fam Plann 5, no. 6: 201-6.

Policy

Kennedy KI, Kotelchuck M. 1998. Policy considerations for the introduction and promotion of the lactational amenorrhea method: Advantages and disadvantages of LAM. J Hum Lact 14, no. 3: 191-203.

Kennedy KI, Labbok MH, Van Look PF. 1996. Lactational amenorrhea method for family planning. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 54, no. 1: 55-7.

Labbok MH, Perez A, Valdes V, Sevilla F, Wade K, Hight-Laukaran V, Cooney KA, Coly S, Sanders C, Queenan JT. 1994. The lactational amenorrhea method (LAM): A postpartum introductory family planning method with policy and program implications. Adv Contracept 10, no. 2: 93-109.

Laukaran VH, Rutstein SO, Labbok MH, Ballard E. 1994. Contraceptive use during lactational amenorrhea: Estimates of double coverage among postpartum women using DHS I and II data. Working paper, Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University: Washington, DC.

Kennedy KI, Rivera R, McNeilly AS. 1989. Consensus statement on the use of bresastfeeding as a family planning method. Contraception 39, no. 5: 477-496.

Program

Conde-Agudelo A, Belizan JM. 2000. Maternal morbidity and mortality associated with interpregnancy interval: cross sectional study. BMJ 32, no. 7271:1255-9.

Bender DE. Dusch E. McCann MF. 1998. From efficacy to effectiveness: Selecting indicators for a community-based lactational amenorrhoea method promotion programme. J Biosoc Sci 30, no. 2: 193-225.

Wade KB, Sevilla F, Labbok MH. 1994. Integrating the lactational amenorrhea method into a family planning program in Ecuador. Stud Fam Plann 25, no. 3: 162-75.

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