Results 41 to 50 of about 1,112,190 (273)

Studying Accompaniment model Feasibility and Effectiveness (SAFE) Study: study protocol for a prospective observational cohort study of the effectiveness of self-managed medication abortion

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction A range of barriers deter or prevent people from accessing facility-based abortion care. As a result, people are obtaining and using abortifacient medications to end their pregnancies outside of the formal healthcare system, without clinical
Caitlin Gerdts, Ruvani T Jayaweera, Heidi Moseson, Brianna Keefe-Oates, Sofia Filippa, Relebohile Motana, Chiara Bercu, Ijeoma Egwuatu, Belen Grosso, Ika Ayu Kristianingrum, Sybil Nmezi, Ruth Zurbriggen, Emmeline Friedman   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Abortion stigma, abortion exceptionalism, and medical curricula

Health Sociology Review, 2023
While it is well established that medical student learning about abortion is inadequate and lacks systemisation, there is little research on why this might be the case. This exploratory study draws on a survey sent to 438 medical educators at Australia’s 21 accredited medical schools through March–May 2021. Forty-eight educators responded to the survey.
openaire   +2 more sources

Medical abortion in primary care [PDF]

Australian Prescriber, 2021
Early medical abortion is a safe, cost effective and acceptable alternative to surgical abortion. It offers privacy and autonomy and can be provided by general practitioners who have completed an online training module. Abortion can be induced with mifepristone and misoprostol up to nine weeks of gestation. Apart from anticoagulation and severe anaemia,
Bateson, Deborah, McNamee, Kathleen, Harvey, Caroline   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Self-managed medication abortion outcomes: results from a prospective pilot study

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background To evaluate the feasibility of conducting a prospective study to measure self-managed medication abortion outcomes, and to collect preliminary data on safety and effectiveness of self-managed medication abortion, we recruited callers to ...
Heidi Moseson, Ruvani Jayaweera, Sarah Raifman, Brianna Keefe-Oates, Sofia Filippa, Relebohile Motana, Ijeoma Egwuatu, Belen Grosso, Ika Kristianingrum, Sybil Nmezi, Ruth Zurbriggen, Caitlin Gerdts   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accuracy of Survey-Based Assessment of Eligibility for Medication Abortion Compared to Clinician Assessment.

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
BACKGROUND With increasingly restricted access to facility-based abortion in the United States, pregnant people are increasingly relying on models of care that utilize history-based or no-test approaches to eligibility assessment.
Lauren J Ralph, K. Ehrenreich, S. Kaller, Tanvi Gurazada, M. Biggs, K. Blanchard, D. Hauser, N. Kapp, T. Kromenaker, G. Moayedi, J. Pinckney GIL, J. Perritt, E. Raymond, D. Taylor, K. White, E. Valladares, S. Williams, Daniel Grossman   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Examining women's experiences with medication abortion: a critical inquiry of women's online narratives post-Dobbs

Frontiers in Global Women's Health
IntroductionChanges in the legal landscape surrounding abortion in the United States post-Dobbs have led to an increased reliance on medication abortion.
Katherine A. Rafferty, Katherine A. Rafferty, Tessa Longbons Cox, Stuart W. Grande   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge, Practice and Associated Factors Towards Medication Abortion Among Reproductive-Age Women in Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinics of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018: Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Women's Health, 2021
Addisu Yeshambel Wassie,1 Semarya Berhe Lemlem,2 Abdisa Boka2 1Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia; 2School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Science, Addis Ababa ...
Yeshambel Wassie A, Berhe Lemlem S, Boka A   +2 more
doaj  

The incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy in India, 2015

The Lancet Global Health, 2018
Background: Reliable information on the incidence of induced abortion in India is lacking. Official statistics and national surveys provide incomplete coverage.
Susheela Singh, PhD, Prof Chander Shekhar, PhD, Rajib Acharya, PhD, Ann M Moore, PhD, Melissa Stillman, MPH, Manas R Pradhan, PhD, Jennifer J Frost, DrPh, Harihar Sahoo, PhD, Manoj Alagarajan, PhD, Rubina Hussain, MPH, Aparna Sundaram, PhD, Michael Vlassoff, PhD, Shveta Kalyanwala, Alyssa Browne, BA   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medication Abortion Safety and Effectiveness With Misoprostol Alone

JAMA Network Open, 2023
Key Points Question What is the effectiveness of self-managed medication abortion using misoprostol alone? Findings In this cohort study of 637 callers to safe abortion hotlines and accompaniment groups, almost all (98.1%) had a complete abortion using ...
Ruvani T. Jayaweera, I. Egwuatu, S. Nmezi, I. Kristianingrum, R. Zurbriggen, B. Grosso, C. Bercu, C. Gerdts, H. Moseson   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Women Able to Obtain Medication Abortion Before and After Ohio's Law Requiring Use of the Food and Drug Administration Protocol

Health Equity, 2018
Purpose: In 2011, a law went into effect in Ohio that regulates how abortion care providers can offer medication abortion to their patients. We sought to evaluate changes in sociodemographic characteristics of Ohio medication abortion patients before and
Ushma D. Upadhyay, Nicole E. Johns, Alice F. Cartwright, Tanya E. Franklin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source