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Rev. panam. salud publica ; 11(3): 192-204, Mar. 2002.
Artigo em Espanhol | MedCarib | ID: med-16970

RESUMO

Engaging in sexuality and reproduction should always be something that is wanted and planned. Unfortunately, when that is not the case, one result can be unwanted pregnancy. Unwanted pregnancies have consequences for women, their families, and their countries. This document reviews the causes and results of unwanted pregnancy, emphasizing the impact that this problem has on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Four reasons why unwanted is a continuing problem in LAC are: 1) people's growing desire to have smaller families, 2) the unmet need for family planning, 3) the fact that contraceptive methods are not 100 percent effective, and 4) unwanted sexual relations. Unwanted pregnancies especially affect adolescent women, single women, and women over 40 years of age. Given their desperate situation with an unwanted pregnancy, some women opt for an unsafe abortion, which can lead to their death. Other women can go so far as to commit suicide, or be murdered by a family member or other person who is unhappy that the pregnancy has occured. It has been found that women who decide to continue with the pregnancy have higher risks of suffering an illness, and the samr is true for the child. Reducing unwanted pregnancies and treating post-abortion complications are key to lowering maternal mortality and morbidity. This necessitates developing mass communication programs for girls, and sex education programs. It is also vital to make available to all persons reproductive health services that include family planning methods. In the countries of LAC with laws that specify grounds for legally ending a pregnancy, it is necessary that healthcare be organized to actually provide this service, and that health care programs obtain the safest, most effective technologies now available for ending a pregnancy (AU)


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Feminino , Gravidez , Humanos , Saúde da Mulher , América Latina , Gravidez , Gravidez não Desejada , Serviços de Planejamento Familiar , Região do Caribe , Aspirantes a Aborto , Educação Sexual , Mortalidade Materna , Dispositivos Anticoncepcionais
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Kingston; s.n; 1996. v,38 p. tab.
Tese em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-2938

RESUMO

The knowledge, attitudes and practices of 95 women actively seeking aortion services at a public health facility in the Kingston Metropolitan Area were studied over a six week period. In the study 38 percent of the respondents were under and 62 percent were above age twenty years. Although their educational level was fairly high, their unemployment rate was equally high. Respondents displayed a mixture of positive and negative attitude towards pregnancy and abortion. The level of contraceptive use both by respondents and partners was very low, immediately prior to the pregnancy. Respondents sought abortions for economic reasons mainly. Sixty two (65 percent) respondents wanted abortion to be made available on demand. There is need for a definite policy to be formulated towards legislation of abortion. Public education also needs to be strengthened in family planning and family life education with special emphasis on adolescents. (AU)


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Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Gravidez , Aborto/epidemiologia , Aspirantes a Aborto/estatística & dados numéricos , Jamaica/epidemiologia , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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