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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Determinants of induced abortion: the role of perceived and experienced

contraceptive side effects and lack of counseling.

AUTHORS

Ringheim K

SOURCE

[Unpublished] [1997]. [2], 30, [8] p.

ABSTRACT

In 1989, the World Health Organization (WHO) Task Force for Social Science Research on Reproductive Health

initiated 27 projects in 20 developing countries to identify the determinants and consequences of induced abortion.

A significant proportion of women in these studies had used a modern contraceptive method (generally the pill) in the

past, but had recently discontinued method use or switched to a less effective method. This finding appears

consistent with Luker's postulate that women who have both knowledge of and access to modern methods but are not

contracepting at the time of abortion have calculated the risk and found the cost of contraception-related side effects

too high. Further analysis of the WHO studies suggests that a woman's day to day health is a more proximate

concern for her than more distal concerns with the health consequences of unintended pregnancy and abortion.

Women's negative perceptions of modern contraceptive methods--based on either personal experience or rumor--

appear to be the most significant determinant of their contraceptive practice. The 1993 Turkish Demographic and

Health Survey, which provided the first nationally representative evidence on abortion, confirmed these postulates.

47% of reported abortions were preceded by use of withdrawal or periodic abstinence, 34% by no method use, and

17% by failure of a modern method. 26% of one-time pill and IUD users had discontinued method use because of

side effects. Persistence of the belief that pill use causes sterility or cancer indicates that women lack access to

reliable information, while the high frequency of repeat abortion attests to the need for postabortion family planning

counseling. On the other hand, more attention must be given to women's perceptions of the cultural significance of

contraceptive side effects, especially those related to disruption of the menstrual cycle. A user perspective to family

planning demands that every woman should have access to a method that maximizes her opportunity to avoid

unwanted pregnancy while minimizing psychological or physiologic distress. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T

551-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Determinants of induced abortion: the role of perceived and

experienced contraceptive side effects and lack of counseling.", is(are) Ringheim K. The source of this article is

"[Unpublished] [1997]. [2], 30, [8] p.". This article was published in 1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT2T 551-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 5551

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