“Who wants to go repeatedly to the hospital?” : Perceptions and experiences of simplified medical abortion in Rajasthan, India
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2016
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Formato |
application/pdf |
Identificador |
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-23769 doi:10.1177/2333393616683073 |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Högskolan Dalarna, Omvårdnad Karolinska institutet Karolinska institutet Action for Reserach in Health (ARTH) Uppsala Universitet Karolinska Institutet Uppsala Universitet |
Relação |
Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 2333-3936, 2016, 3, |
Direitos |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Tipo |
Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text |
Resumo |
The aim of this study is to explore women's experiences and perceptions of home use of misoprostol and of the self-assessment of the outcome of early medical abortion in a low-resource setting in India. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 women seeking early medical abortion, who administered misoprostol at home and assessed their own outcome of abortion using a low-sensitivity pregnancy test. With home use of misoprostol, women were able to avoid inconvenience of travel, child care, and housework, and maintain confidentiality. The use of a low-sensitivity pregnancy test alleviated women's anxieties about retained products. Majority said they would prefer medical abortion involving a single visit in future. This study provides nuanced understanding of how women manage a simplified medical abortion in the context of low literacy and limited communication facilities. Service delivery guidelines should be revised to allow women to have medical abortion with fewer visits. |
Palavras-Chave | #India; abortion; access to; health care; low resource setting; primary; remote; reproduction; rural; self-care #Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology #Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi |