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“We don’t want problems”: reasons for denial of legal abortion based on conscientious objection in Mexico and Bolivia

Reproductive Health, 2021
Resumen Antecedentes El mal uso de la objeción de conciencia (OC) es una barrera importante para el acceso al aborto aún cuando es legal, en muchos países, especialmente en países en América Latina.
Stephanie Andrea Küng, Jasmine Danette Wilkins, Fernanda Díaz de León, Freddy Huaraz, Erin Pearson   +4 more
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Telehealth for Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: A Hybrid Telemedicine-Community Accompaniment Model for Abortion and Contraception Services in Pakistan

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic led overburdened health care systems to deprioritize essential sexual and reproductive healthcare, including abortion and contraception care, while accelerating shifts in healthcare delivery to digital technologies. However, in many
Irum Shaikh, Stephanie Andrea Küng, Hina Aziz, Samina Sabir, Ghulam Shabbir, Mukhtar Ahmed, Rasha Dabash   +6 more
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Community-based intervention improves abortion knowledge and reduces abortion stigma among women in Oromia, Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental mixed methods evaluation

BMC Women's Health, 2022
Background Since liberalization of the Ethiopian abortion law, there have been significant improvements in the availability and utilization of facility-based abortion services in the country.
Bekalu Mossie Chekol, Sally Dijkerman, Samuel Muluye, Dereje Wondimu   +3 more
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Retraction Note: Factors associated with induced abortion in Nepal: data from a nationally representative population-based cross-sectional survey

Reproductive Health, 2020
The authors have retracted this article [1] because it contains significant conceptual and textual overlap with unpublished work from another group. Suresh Mehata, Jamie Menzel, Erin Pearson and Kathryn Andersen agree with this retraction.
Suresh Mehata, Jamie Menzel, Navaraj Bhattarai, Sharad Kumar Sharma, Mukta Shah, Erin Pearson, Kathryn Andersen   +6 more
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Challenges in the abortion supply chain: a call to action for evaluation research

Reproductive Health, 2021
Background Reducing the burden of unsafe abortion rests considerably on women’s ability to access appropriate and timely treatment or services. A critical component of that care relies on a functional supply chain to ensure availability of abortion drugs
Ghazaleh Samandari, Nathalie Kapp, Christopher Hamon, Allison Campbell   +3 more
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Stigma towards women requesting abortion and association with health facility staff facilitation and obstruction of abortion care in South Africa

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023
BackgroundAbortion stigma has been shown to influence provider attitudes around abortion and may decrease provider willingness to participate in abortion care, or lead some to obstruct care.
Abongile Jim, Makgoale Magwentshu, Jamie Menzel, Stephanie Andrea Küng, Sa-Asa August, Justine van Rooyen, Rumbidzayi Chingwende, Erin Pearson   +7 more
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Factors affecting the persistent use of sharp curettage for abortion in public hospitals in Mexico

Women's Health, 2021
Objectives: Dilation and curettage is an outdated abortion procedure no longer recommended by the World Health Organization. However, use of dilation and curettage remains high in some countries, including Mexico.
Stephanie Andrea Küng, Beatriz Ochoa, Guillermo Antonio Ortiz Avendano, Claudia Martínez López, Mara Zaragoza, Karen Padilla Zuniga   +5 more
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Prevalence and correlates of postabortion long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) use among young women (24 and below) in Nepal: Strategy in the search for improvements

Reproductive Health, 2019
Introduction Postabortion contraceptive use differs across countries, suggesting the need for country-level research to identify barriers and suggest appropriate interventions.
Suresh Mehata, Navaraj Bhattarai, Jamie Menzel, Mukta Shah, Pratik Khanal, Shadie Tofigh, Mukti Nath Khanal, Shibesh Chandra Regmi, Kathryn Andersen   +8 more
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Reach, experience, and acceptability of an abortion self-care intervention in Bolivia: a mixed-methods evaluation

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2023
In 2018, Ipas Bolivia launched an abortion self-care (ASC) community intervention with the goal of increasing access to supportive, well-informed abortion support provided by community agents (CAs).
Valerie N. Acre, Stephanie Andrea Küng, Christiam Arce, Adela Yapu, Delmy Iriondo, Malena Morales   +5 more
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Notes from the field: political norm change for abortion in Pakistan

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2019
This commentary describes positive political norm change on abortion despite a restrictive abortion law. As we describe it, the approach in Pakistan has involved careful efforts to maintain government ownership, leadership, and accountability for safe ...
Anand Cerillo Sharma, Jina Dhillon, Ghulam Shabbir, Anna Lynam   +3 more
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