Legal termination of pregnancy as an opportunity for expanding postabortion contraception: Experience at the Pereira Rossell Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
; 134 Suppl 1: S28-30, 2016 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-27577023
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine to what extent women adopted highly effective contraceptive methods after a legal abortion.METHODS:
The data available during a period before and another period after liberalization of the abortion law were reviewed. The data gathering was incomplete and reliable only during certain periods, which were used in the study.RESULTS:
There was an increase in the proportion of women who returned for contraception and in the proportion who used any method and long-acting methods; however, no contraception was administered immediately after abortion and only 16% of all women treated started to use a long-acting method during the period after the law was liberalized.CONCLUSION:
The proposed objective was not being achieved, the recommended guidelines were not being followed, and data gathering was incomplete. Good intentions are not enough and it is always necessary to evaluate the performance of a program. The results indicate that immediate reforms are necessary in postabortion contraception services.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aborto Legal
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Assistência ao Convalescente
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Anticoncepção
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Comportamento Contraceptivo
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Serviços de Planejamento Familiar
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Uruguay
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA