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Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy:
The Research Behind HTSP

In collaboration with USAID, ESD is spearheading an activity to take the evidence from research to the field. This evidence comes from a number of published papers as well as the endorsement of the World Health Organization. The following is a list of documents that support the HTSP messages and
intervention.

New in 2008
Julie DaVanzo, et al. “The effects of pregnancy spacing on infant and child mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: How they vary by the type of pregnancy outcome that began the interval.” Population Studies: A Journal of Demography, 62:2, 131-154, 2008.

The HTSP Core Group Meeting Proceedings

Report of a WHO Technical Consultation on Birth Spacing. World Health Organization, 2006.

Policy brief on Birth Spacing Report from a World Health Organization
Technical Consultation. WHO Department of Reproductive Health and
Research and Department of Making Pregnancy Safer. World Health Organization, 2006.

Agustin Conde-Agudelo, et al., “Effect of the interpregnancy interval after an
abortion on maternal and perinatal health in Latin America,” International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 89 (April 2005): S34-S40.

Agustin Conde-Agudelo, et al., “Birth Spacing and the Risk of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis,” The Journal of the American Medical Association 29 (April 19, 2006): 1809-1923.

Conde-Agudelo Agustin, A., J. Belizan and C. Lammers. 2005. “Maternal-perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with adolescent pregnancy in Latin America:  Cross-sectional study.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 192, 3429.

DaVanzo Julie, et al., “The Effects of Birth Spacing on Infant and Child Mortality, Pregnancy Outcomes, and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh,” British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 114 (9): 1079-1087.

Dewey KG, Cohen RJ (2004). Birth-spacing literature: maternal and child nutrition outcomes. Report prepared for The Academy for Educational Development and The CATALYST Consortium.

Rutstein, S. 2005. “Effects of proceeding birth intervals on neonatal, infant and under-five years mortality and nutritional status in developing countries: evidence from the demographic and health surveys.” International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, April (Vol. 89, Supplement 1), pages S7-S24.

Rutstein, S. et al. Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Interpregnancy or Interbirth Intervals and Infant and Child Mortality. (Forthcoming)