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Gashaye KT, Taddese AA, Birhan TY. Prevalence and determinants of women's satisfaction on the quality of safe abortion service in Northwest Ethiopia. Arch Public Health 2022; 80:146. [PMID: 35614476 PMCID: PMC9134683 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-022-00897-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background The standard of treatment in developing countries is harmed by a complex political landscape, an uncertain economic climate, rapid population growth, and clients are constantly complaining about the poor health system. Patients’ assessments of the benefits and shortcomings of the service provided to them are expressed as satisfied or dissatisfied. The objective of this study was to determine the magnitude of women’s satisfaction on quality of safe abortion and factors associated with it in Northwest Ethiopia. Methods Institution-based cross-sectional study design was done to collect data from 618 women in the selected health facilities in Northwest Ethiopia. Women having the gestational trophoblastic disease (partial mole) and those who cannot hear or are seriously ill during the data collection period were excluded. The study subjects were chosen using a randomization process, and each participant was questioned after receiving all necessary abortion treatment and giving verbal consent. Both bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was carried out to determine covariates significantly associated with women’s satisfaction on quality of abortion. Results The highest proportion of women who were reasoned out to terminate the fetus in the current pregnancy was due to financial problems (29.36%) and partner coercion (23.85%). Client satisfaction with safe abortion services in the study region was 25.10% (95% CI; 21.81–28.70). Women were 53.2% satisfied with the art of treatment/interpersonal abilities, 59.2% satisfied with the professional quality of care professionals, 54.5% satisfied with the physical environment, and 49.8% satisfied with the structure of the health care system, respectively. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, women’s living solely 0.47(0.26–0.87) & living with 2 to 4 people 0.11(0.04–0.29), college and above level of education 1.78(1.01–3.15), wanted the status of pregnancy 0.44(0.23–0.85) and post-abortion contraceptive users 1.70(1.01–2.89) were factors significantly associated with women’s satisfaction level. Conclusion In this study, one-fourth of the women were satisfied with the quality of safe abortion services. Family size, women’s educational status, maternity status, and post-abortion contraception use were predictors of women’s satisfaction with the quality of abortion. Ethiopia’s government should concentrate on addressing contraception needs in order to prevent women from having multiple abortions. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13690-022-00897-0.
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- Kiros Terefe Gashaye
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institut of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institut of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
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Alazbih NM, Tewabe GN, Demissie TD. Contraception and fertility transition in AMHARA National Regional State of ETHIOPIA: an application of BONGAARTS' model. FERTILITY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2017; 3:12. [PMID: 28879019 PMCID: PMC5584511 DOI: 10.1186/s40738-017-0039-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background The overall decline of fertility in Amhara National Regional State between 2000 and 2011 was the highest in Ethiopia. The aim of the present study was to determine the most significant proximate determinant of fertility change during the last decade in the region using Bongaarts’ model. Methods The sources of data were the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys. The model indices were calculated for each survey. Decomposition of fertility change into components of proximal determinants was also carried out. An index value close to 1 is a negligible inhibiting effect while a large inhibiting effect when the value very closes to 0. Results The fertility-constraining effect of contraception increased from 0.93 in 2000 to 0.65 in 2011; however, it was lower than the effect of postpartum insusceptibility at all given times. The index of marriage remained unchanged in constraining fertility over the period (0.71 in 2000 and 0.70 in 2011) while the influence of postpartum insusceptibility slightly declined from 0.49 in 2000 to 0.54 in 2011 but was stronger than contraception and marriage. The contribution of contraception was most important in urban areas (0.46 in 2011 from 0.52 in 2005 and 0.64 in 2000); however, in rural areas, it became an important determinant over the period (0.95 in 2000 and 0.69 in 2011). The effect of postpartum insusceptibility in rural areas showed a decreasing trend (0.48 in 2000 and 0.53 in 2011). The index of marriage in rural areas was stable overtime (0.75 in 2000 and 0.73 in 2011) while in urban areas the effect declined from 0.42 in 2000 to 0.65 in 2011. Marriage was the most important proximate determinant of fertility among women with secondary and above education but the impact declined during the period (0.41 in 2000 and 0.61 in 2011). The importance of postpartum insusceptibility in limiting fertility among women with secondary and above education declined overtime (0.77 in 2000 and 0.87 in 2011) whereas the contribution of contraception became more important (0.44 in 2000 and 0.35 in 2011). Conclusions An increase in the level of contraceptive use and effectiveness overtime was the single most important contributing factor for the recent fertility decline in the region.
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Norris A, Harrington BJ, Grossman D, Hemed M, Hindin MJ. Abortion experiences among Zanzibari women: a chain-referral sampling study. Reprod Health 2016; 13:23. [PMID: 26969305 PMCID: PMC4788822 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0129-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background In Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, induced abortion is illegal but common, and fewer than 12 % of married reproductive-aged women use modern contraception. As part of a multi-method study about contraception and consequences of unwanted pregnancies, the objective of this study was to understand the experiences of Zanzibari women who terminated pregnancies. Methods The cross-sectional study was set in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Participants were a community-based sample of women who had terminated pregnancies. We carried out semi-structured interviews with 45 women recruited via chain-referral sampling. We report the characteristics of women who have had abortions, the reasons they had abortions, and the methods used to terminate their pregnancies. Results Women in Zanzibar terminate pregnancies that are unwanted for a range of reasons, at various points in their reproductive lives, and using multiple methods. While clinical methods were most effective, nearly half of our participants successfully terminated a pregnancy using non-clinical methods and very few had complications requiring post abortion care (PAC). Conclusions Even in settings where abortion is illegal, some women experience illegal abortions without adverse health consequences, what we might call ‘safer’ unsafe abortions; these kinds of abortion experiences can be missed in studies about abortion conducted among women seeking PAC in hospitals.
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- Alison Norris
- Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. .,Present address: College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 326 Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210-1351, USA.
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- Yale College Charles P. Howland Fellow, 74 High Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.,Present address: Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall CB#7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Ibis Reproductive Health, 1330 Broadway, Suite 1100, Oakland, CA, 94612, USA.,Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- African Union Commission, Department of Medical Services, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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Induced abortion and associated factors in health facilities of Guraghe zone, southern Ethiopia. J Pregnancy 2014; 2014:295732. [PMID: 24800079 PMCID: PMC3988865 DOI: 10.1155/2014/295732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Unsafe abortion is one of the major medical and public health problems in developing countries including Ethiopia. However, there is a lack of up-to-date and reliable information on induced abortion distribution and its determinant factors in the country. This study was intended to assess induced abortion and associated factors in health facilities of Guraghe zone, Southern Ethiopia. Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted in eight health facilities in Guraghe zone. Client exit interview was conducted on 400 patients using a structured questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with induced abortion. Out of 400 women, 75.5% responded that the current pregnancy that ended in abortion is unwanted. However, only 12.3% of the respondents have admitted interference to the current pregnancy. Having more than four pregnancies (AOR = 4.28, CI: (1.24–14.71)), age of 30–34 years (AOR = 0.15, CI: (0.04–0.55)), primary education (AOR = 0.26, CI: (0.13–0.88)), and wanted pregnancy (AOR = 0.44, CI: (0.14–0.65)) were found to have association with induced abortion. The study revealed high level of induced abortion which is underpinned by high magnitude of unwanted pregnancy. There is requirement for widespread expansion of increased access to high quality family planning service and post-abortion care.
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Tesfaye G, Oljira L. Post abortion care quality status in health facilities of Guraghe zone, Ethiopia. Reprod Health 2013; 10:35. [PMID: 23875945 PMCID: PMC3726452 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Unsafe abortion in the developing world accounts for 13% of all maternal deaths. Ethiopia is one of the developing countries with the highest maternal mortality ratio (673 per 100,000 live births) in the world. Unsafe abortion was estimated to account for 32% of all maternal deaths in Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE To assess post abortion care quality status in health facilities of Guraghe zone. METHODS A facility based cross-sectional study design with both quantitative and qualitative methods was conducted. Patient interview, direct service observation, provider self administered questionnaire and inventory of equipment and supplies were used for the assessment. Six health centers, two hospitals and 422 post-abortion patients were included in the study. RESULTS Patient-provider interaction was generally satisfactory from the patient's perspective. The majority of the respondents (93.5%) said that they were treated with politeness and respect. More than half 226(56.5%) of the clients have received post abortion family planning. Overall, 83.5% of the patients were satisfied with the services. Those who said waiting time was long were less satisfied and unemployed women were more satisfied than others. CONCLUSION The study has revealed several improvements as well as problems in the provision of post-abortion care service in the studied health facilities.
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- Gezahegn Tesfaye
- Department of Public Health, College of Health and Medical sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Public Health, College of Health and Medical sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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Mabula JB, Chalya PL, Mchembe MD, Kihunrwa A, Massinde A, Chandika AB, Gilyoma JM. Bowel perforation secondary to illegally induced abortion: a tertiary hospital experience in Tanzania. World J Emerg Surg 2012; 7:29. [PMID: 22938178 PMCID: PMC3483243 DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-7-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bowel perforation though rarely reported is a serious complication of induced abortion, which is often performed illegally by persons without any medical training in developing countries. A sudden increase in the number of patients in our centre in recent years prompted the authors to analyze this problem. The study was conducted to describe our own experiences in the surgical management of these patients. METHODS This was a retrospective study involving patients who were jointly managed by the surgical and gynecological teams at Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) for bowel perforation secondary to illegally induced abortion from January 2002 to December 2011. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 17.0. RESULTS A total of 68 patients (representing 4.2% of cases) were enrolled in the study. Their ages ranged from 14 to 45 years with a median age of 21 years. Majority of patients were, secondary school students/leavers (70.6%), unmarried (88.2%), nulliparous (80.9%), unemployed (82.4%) and most of them were dependent member of the family. Previous history of contraceptive use was reported in only 14.7% of cases. The majority of patients (79.4%) had procured the abortion in the 2nd trimester. Dilatation and curettage (82.4%) was the most common reported method used in procuring abortion. The interval from termination of pregnancy to presentation in hospital ranged from 1 to 14 days (median 6 days ). The ileum (51.5%) and sigmoid colon (22.1%) was the most common portions of the bowel affected. Resection and anastomosis with uterine repair was the most common (86.8%) surgical procedure performed. Complication and mortality rates were 47.1% and 10.3% respectively. According to multivariate logistic regression analysis, gestational age at termination of pregnancy, delayed presentation, delayed surgical treatment and presence of complications were significantly associated with mortality (P<0.001). The overall median length of hospital stay (LOS) was 18 days (1day to 128 days ). Patients who developed complications stayed longer in the hospital, and this was statistically significant (P=0.012). CONCLUSION Bowel perforation following illegally induced abortion is still rampant in our environment and constitutes significantly to high maternal morbidity and mortality. Early recognition of the diagnosis, aggressive resuscitation and early institution of surgical management is of paramount importance if morbidity and mortality associated with bowel perforation are to be avoided.
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- Joseph B Mabula
- Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania
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- Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania
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- Department of Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Obstetric & Gynaecology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania
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- Department of Obstetric & Gynaecology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania
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- Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania
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- Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Faúndes A. Unsafe abortion – the current global scenario. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2010; 24:467-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Edouard L. The right to contraception and the wrongs of restrictive services. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2009; 106:156-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rasch V, Yambesi F, Kipingili R. Scaling up postabortion contraceptive service — results from a study conducted among women having unwanted pregnancies in urban and rural Tanzania. Contraception 2005; 72:377-82. [PMID: 16246666 DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2004] [Accepted: 04/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION It is well recognized that unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion are significant public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa. At the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994, postabortion care was prioritized as a means to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality associated with unsafe abortion. However, only a few postabortion care programs have been implemented and most of them have been confined to urban settings. The present study describes the magnitude of the problem of unwanted pregnancies among women with incomplete abortion in urban and rural Tanzania and evaluates the outcome of a postabortion care intervention. METHODS Data were collected among 781 women admitted with incomplete abortion in Dar es Salaam region (urban Tanzania) and 575 women in Kagera region (rural Tanzania). RESULTS Sixty-seven percent of the women in urban Tanzania and 42% in rural Tanzania stated that their pregnancy was unwanted. Contraceptive acceptance among women with unwanted pregnancies was high; 93% in urban Tanzania and 71% in rural Tanzania left with a contraceptive method. CONCLUSION The high proportion of women with unwanted pregnancies in urban and rural Tanzania underlines the need of scaling up postabortion contraceptive service.
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- Vibeke Rasch
- Department of International Health, Institute of Public Health, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen University, 5 Øster Farimagsgade, DK-1014 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Thonneau P, Matsuda T, Goyaux N, Djanhan Y, Yace-Soumah F, Welffens C. Determinants of maternal deaths in induced abortion complications in Ivory Coast. Contraception 2004; 70:319-26. [PMID: 15451337 DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Revised: 04/27/2004] [Accepted: 04/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Persistently high levels of maternal mortality have been reported in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, with a high prevalence of deaths related to complications of induced abortion. In order to assess the determinants of maternal deaths in induced-abortion complications, this study investigated women admitted to the gynecological departments of four reference hospitals throughout Ivory Coast. Information concerning abortion events was collected by means of a questionnaire during a confidential, face-to-face interview. Medical records were used to collect clinical data and final vital status. In our series, 60% of women declared that they induced abortion themselves at their home; a large majority mentioned "insertion of objects into the vagina" or "ingestion of traditional plants" for this purpose. On the other hand, 40% declared that abortion had been performed by a health worker, mostly at a health facility and by using surgical methods (dilatation and curettage). Less-educated women were more likely to have chosen to induce abortion themselves at home, and more-educated women had undergone abortion through a health professional. Our findings highlight the role of both women and health professionals in responsibility for induced abortion complications.
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- Patrick Thonneau
- Human Fertility Research Group, Hôpital Paule de Viguier, 330 avenue de Grande Bretagne, TSA 70034, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.
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Rasch V, Massawe S, Yambesi F, Bergstrom S. Acceptance of contraceptives among women who had an unsafe abortion in Dar es Salaam. Trop Med Int Health 2004; 9:399-405. [PMID: 14996370 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01197.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the need for post-abortion contraception and to determine if women who had an unsafe abortion will use a contraceptive method to avoid repeated unwanted pregnancies and STDs/HIV. METHOD Women attending Temeke Municipal Hospital, Dar es Salaam, after an unsafe abortion or an induced abortion performed at the hospital (n=788) were counselled about contraception and the risk of contracting STDs/HIV. A free ward-based contraceptive service was offered and the women were asked to return for follow-up. RESULTS Participants (90%) accepted the post-abortion contraceptive service. Of these, 86% stated they were still using contraception 1-6 months after discharge. Initially, 55% of the women accepted to use condoms either alone or as part of double protection. After 1-6 months this proportion had dropped to 18%. Single women were significantly more likely to use condoms. CONCLUSION High-quality contraceptive service counselling can induce women to use contraception after having had an unsafe abortion. The results of our study are encouraging and should be used to convince policy makers of the need to implement such services at municipal level to reduce the number of repeated unsafe abortions.
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- Vibeke Rasch
- Department of International Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Olsen BE, Hinderaker SG, Bergsjø P, Lie RT, Olsen OHE, Gasheka P, Kvåle G. Causes and characteristics of maternal deaths in rural northern Tanzania. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2002. [DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.811202.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Silberschmidt M, Rasch V. Adolescent girls, illegal abortions and “sugar-daddies” in Dar es Salaam: vulnerable victims and active social agents. Soc Sci Med 2001; 52:1815-26. [PMID: 11352408 DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00299-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Adolescent girls' early sexual activity, early pregnancy, induced abortions and the increase in HIV infections have become major concerns in Sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts, though, to understand their sexual behaviour and to prevent reproductive health problems are almost non-existent. Adolescent girls are normally seen as victims and easy preys of (often older and married) men's sexual exploitation. This article, which is based on a qualitative study of 51 adolescent girls who had just had an illegal abortion in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, reveals that these girls are not only victims but also willing preys and active social agents engaging in high-risk sexual behaviour. In order to get material benefits they expose themselves to serious health risks, including induced abortion - without realising their own vulnerability. In our study, one out of four girls had more than one partner at the time they became pregnant, and many counted on an illegally induced abortion if they got pregnant. Even if adolescents are now allowed free access to family planning information, education and services, our study shows that this remains in the realm of theory rather than practice. Moreover, most adolescent girls are not aware about their right to such services. The paper concludes that the vulnerability of adolescent girls increases without the recognition that sexuality education and contraceptive services do not constitute a licence to practice illicit sex - but rather a means to create more mature and responsible attitudes and to increase sexual and reproductive health.
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- M Silberschmidt
- Department of Women and Gender Research in Medicine, Institute of Public Health, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Rasch V, Muhammad H, Urassa E, Bergström S. The problem of illegally induced abortion: results from a hospital-based study conducted at district level in Dar es Salaam. Trop Med Int Health 2000; 5:495-502. [PMID: 10964272 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Illegal abortion is known to be a major contributor to maternal mortality. The objective of the study was firstly to identify women with illegally induced abortion, (IA) and to compare them with women admitted with a spontaneous abortion (SA) or receiving antenatal care (AC), and secondly to describe the circumstances which characterized the abortion. The population of this cross-sectional questionnaire study comprised patients from Temeke District Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. After an in-depth confidential interview, 603 women with incomplete abortion were divided into two groups: 362 women with IA and 241 with SA. They were compared with 307 AC women. IA women were significantly younger, more often better educated, unmarried, nulliparous and students than AC women. Regarding civil-status, educational level, proportion of nullipara and proportion of students, SA patients were similar to AC women. These results lend support to the assumption that the in-depth confidential interview made it possible to distinguish IA women from SA women.
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- V Rasch
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
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Rasch V, Muhammad H, Urassa E, Bergström S. Self-reports of induced abortion: an empathetic setting can improve the quality of data. Am J Public Health 2000; 90:1141-4. [PMID: 10897196 PMCID: PMC1446311 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.90.7.1141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study estimated the proportion of incomplete abortions that are induced in hospital-based settings in Tanzania. METHODS A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted in 2 phases at 3 hospitals in Tanzania. Phase 1 included 302 patients with a diagnosis of incomplete abortion, and phase 2 included 823 such patients. RESULTS In phase 1, in which cases were classified by clinical criteria and information from the patient, 3.9% to 16.1% of the cases were classified as induced abortion. In phase 2, in which the structured interview was changed to an empathetic dialogue and previously used clinical criteria were omitted, 30.9% to 60.0% of the cases were classified as induced abortion. CONCLUSIONS An empathetic dialogue improves the quality of data collected among women with induced abortion.
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- V Rasch
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
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van den Broek NR. Adolescent reproductive health: observations in a hospital setting. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1998; 92:554-5. [PMID: 9861378 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90911-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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- N R van den Broek
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
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According to the 1991/92 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey, a Tanzanian woman has, on average, 6.1 births before she reaches age 50, a decline of about one birth per woman since the early 1980s. The major proximate determinant of fertility is universal and prolonged breast-feeding. An analysis of the social and demographic correlates of fertility shows that infant and child mortality, level of education and age at first marriage are among the factors which significantly influence fertility in Tanzania.
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- Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton
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