Women's reports on postabortion family-planning services provided by the public-sector legal abortion program in Mexico City.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
; 121(2): 149-53, 2013 May.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23499047
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate patients' views of family-planning services provided in Mexico City during abortion care at public facilities and their acceptance of postabortion contraception.METHODS:
In total, 402 women seeking first-trimester abortion care in Mexico City were surveyed. Logistic regression was used to test whether postabortion contraception varied according to abortion visit characteristics or patient sociodemographics.RESULTS:
Most participants (328 [81.6%]) reported being offered contraception at their visit and 359/401 (89.5%) selected a contraceptive method for postabortion use, with 236/401 (58.9%) selecting an intrauterine device. Women who underwent surgical abortion were more likely than those who underwent medical abortion to report being offered contraception (P<0.001); women attended by a female physician were more likely than those attended by a male physician to report being offered contraception (P<0.05). Women who attended the general hospital were less likely to report being offered contraception (P<0.001).CONCLUSION:
Public-sector facilities in Mexico City provide a high level of postabortion family-planning care, and uptake of postabortion contraception is high.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Abortion, Legal
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Aftercare
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Contraception Behavior
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Family Planning Services
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States