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Women's reports on postabortion family-planning services provided by the public-sector legal abortion program in Mexico City

Year: 2013

Type: article

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.

Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.11.018

Authors: Davida Becker, Claudia Díaz Olavarrieta, Sandra G. Garcia, Cynthia C. Harper

Institutions: University of Southern California, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Population Council, University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive Health and Contraception

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute