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From Moral Commitment to Systemic Neglect: Health System Perspectives on Preconception Care in Ethiopia From Healthcare Workers, Leaders, and Policymakers

Public Health Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective(s) To explore how healthcare workers, managers, and policymakers understand, perceive, and operate preconception care (PCC). Design An interpretive descriptive qualitative study was conducted (April–September 2025) in two government hospitals.
Yared Asmare Aynalem, Pauline Paul, Zohra S. Lassi, Salima Meherali   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical abortions among university students in Ghana: implications for reproductive health education and management

International Journal of Women's Health, 2018
Nana Nimo Appiah-Agyekum Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra Ghana, Ghana Purpose: In Ghana, unsafe abortion is a major cause of maternal mortality. Even though pharmaceutical drugs seem
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A dual pollination strategy combining perfume attraction and food deception in Galeandra blanchetii E.S. Rand (Orchidaceae)

Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Galeandra blanchetii exhibits a dual‐attraction strategy: male euglossine bees are lured by floral scents as a resource, while both sexes are deceived by non‐existent nectar. Pollination only occurs when bees enter the spur to search for nectar, highlighting an evolutionary transition towards the perfume flower syndrome in Catasetinae.
D. M. Camara, A. W. C. Ferreira, A. P. S. Caetano, A. Domingos‐Melo, S. Albuquerque‐Lima, P. Milet‐Pinheiro, I. C. Machado, E. M. Pessoa   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Trust, Delays and Black Women's Experiences Obtaining Abortion Care in the US Midwest

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Abortion scholars treat the timing of care as an important measure of access. Despite the legacy of medical mistreatment of Black people, few studies have explored the racialized relationship between medical trust and when abortion care is obtained.
Tamika Odum, Jeremy Brenner‐Levoy, Sarah Bostic, Abigail Norris Turner, Katherine Rivlin, Zoe Muzyczka, Alison H. Norris, Danielle Bessett   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spiritual determinants of abortion stigma: the role of socio-cultural and demographic variables in women's attitudes toward voluntary abortion. [PDF]

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Can EK, Ayşin N, Nas İ, Yılmaz M, Uman PK.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“I Was Determined to Take Control of My Own Body”: Self‐Managed Abortion in the US Appalachian Region

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Many people living along the Appalachian mountain region, which spread down the eastern side of the United States, experience limited access to abortion care and report high levels of distrust in health care providers. Therefore, Appalachians are likely to have a unique lens through which to view the use of self‐managed abortion ...
Amy Alspaugh, Zak Amen, Denette Jackson, Beau Morgan, Gretchen E. Ely   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Reproductive Life Planning Experiences of People With Disabilities in Ontario, Canada: A Qualitative Exploration

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Reproductive life planning can be a valuable component of reproductive health promotion. However, little is known about attitudes, desires, and intentions regarding pregnancy among people with disabilities. This exploratory qualitative study aimed to understand the reproductive life planning experiences of women and gender‐diverse
Momina Khan, Hilary K. Brown, Yona Lunsky, Lesley A. Tarasoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pre‐Dobbs Perspectives on Abortion Restrictions From Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Pennsylvania

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction From 2017 to 2029, we performed a study exploring reproductive health needs, concerns, and experiences of woman‐identifying intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors that included soliciting their opinions on various abortion restriction policies relevant in Pennsylvania prior to the Dobbs v.
Carly O'Connor‐Terry, Swetha Jasti, Isabel Carulli, Danielle Burton, Tejasvi Gowda, Adrianne Laing, Beatrice A. Chen, Judy C. Chang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Context, Mechanism, and Outcome: Explaining Gendered Administrative Burdens on Abortion Access in Italy

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Abortion access in Italy provides a case to examine how gendered administrative burdens emerge through the interplay of legal provisions, informal frontline practices, and contextual influences. Drawing on the Context–Mechanism–Outcome framework from realist evaluation, the analysis shows how legal access to abortion is constrained by ...
Debra Lanfranconi, Markus Hinterleitner
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: Reciprocal relationship between abortion stigma and depressive symptoms among women who underwent termination of pregnancy for fetal anomalies: a cross-lagged panel study. [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Peng H, Li X, Zeng L, Wang Y, Wang Y, Qin C, Chen Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source