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Prevalence and correlates of induced abortion: results of a facility-based cross-sectional survey of parturient women living with HIV in South Africa

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Prevalence and correlates of induced abortion: results of a facility-based cross-sectional survey of parturient women living with HIV in South Africa
المؤلفون: Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi
المصدر: Reproductive Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Gynecology and obstetrics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Induced abortion, Pregnancy termination, Unwanted pregnancy, Unintended pregnancy, Contraception, Women living with HIV, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991
الوصف: Plain language summary There is a paucity of studies examining the prevalence and correlates of induced abortion among women living with HIV. Our study fills this gap by examining the prevalence and correlates of induced abortion among parturient women living with HIV in Eastern Cape, South Africa. We analysed a cross-sectional survey data of the East London Prospective Cohort Study, which took place between September 2015 and May 2016 in three large maternity facilities in the Buffalo/Amathole districts of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. A total of 1709 parturient women living with HIV who gave birth over the study period were recruited. We carried out descriptive and inferential statistics. The prevalence of induced abortion was 19%, but varied by women’s sociodemographic characteristics. Induced abortion prevalence was higher among women aged 25 years and over (21.4%), ever married (26.8%), those already diagnosed HIV positive before their index pregnancy (20.2%). About one in five women living with HIV had ever induced abortion in the study settings, indicating that abortion service is one of the main reproductive health services needed by women living with HIV in South Africa. This is an indication that the need for abortion is somewhat high in this women. The finding, therefore, highlights the need for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to address the unmet need for contraception among women living with HIV to prevent unintended pregnancy.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1742-4755
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1742-4755
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-022-01520-9
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/d7bcd2e667a34341b9b52ae89b41976d
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.7bcd2e667a34341b9b52ae89b41976d
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:17424755
DOI:10.1186/s12978-022-01520-9