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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Counseling the husbands of postabortion patients in Egypt: effects on

husband involvement, patient recovery and contraceptive use. Final report.

AUTHORS

Abdel Tawab N; Huntington D; Hassan EO; Youssef H; Nawar L

SOURCE

[Cairo], Egypt, Population Council, Asia and Near East Operations Research and

Technical Assistance Project, 1997 Dec. [12], 35 p. USAID Contract No. DPE-C-00-

90-0002-1; USAID Contract No. DPE-3030-C-00-0022-00

ABSTRACT

This study evaluated the effects of counseling husbands about their spouses' health, recovery from abortion, and

post-abortion use of contraception in Egypt. In-depth interviews were conducted with 220 cases and 220 controls

among patients in six hospitals in Menia, Egypt. Abortion was performed with manual vacuum aspiration methods.

Messages relayed in counseling of husbands concerned: the need for rest and adequate nutrition for wives, post-

abortion; post-abortion warning signs that required follow-up care; a return to fertility within two weeks; the need for

family planning to avoid unwanted or poorly timed pregnancy; and the causes of miscarriage and sources of referral

care. Messages were adapted to couple situations. For example, the need for family planning was emphasized for

couples with closely-spaced pregnancies, or those desiring a stop to childbearing. Counseling was performed by

the attending physician just before patient release from the hospital. Findings reveal that there were no meaningful

differences between cases and controls in the types and amount of husband support or in the effects on patient

outcome/recovery. Counseling of husbands was associated with better emotional recovery, if the woman was older

than 35 years or had one or more sons. Counseling of husbands was most likely to be associated with intended or

actual use of contraception among couples with 1-2 children. Physicians with 6 days of training and service as a

Master Trainer were better counselors. Husbands appreciated the counseling and desired more information on

contraception and the timing of a return to sexual activity. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 525-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Counseling the husbands of postabortion patients in Egypt:

effects on husband involvement, patient recovery and contraceptive use. Final report.", is(are) Abdel Tawab N;

Huntington D; Hassan EO; Youssef H; Nawar L. The source of this article is "[Cairo], Egypt, Population Council,

Asia and Near East Operations Research and Technical Assistance Project, 1997 Dec. [12], 35 p. USAID Contract

No. DPE-C-00-90-0002-1; USAID Contract No. DPE-3030-C-00-0022-00". This article was published in 1997 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 525-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

5525

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