ArticleBMC women's health2019
What contraception do women use after experiencing complications from abortion? an analysis of cohort records of 18,688 postabortion care clients in Tanzania.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Post-Abortion Contraceptive Utilization and Associated Factors in Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Post-abortion needs-based education via the WeChat platform to lessen fear and encourage effective contraception: a post-abortion care service intervention-controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- Post-abortion contraceptive uptake among women seeking care for incomplete or induced abortions in Northern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study in a humanitarian setting.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with the use of long-acting reversible and permanent contraceptive methods among women who desire no more children in Bangladesh.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with post-abortion contraceptive uptake at Mbagala Hospital, Temeke, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Second trimester post-abortion family planning uptake and associated factors in 14 public health facilities in Central Uganda: a cross-sectional study.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2023Article
- Improving safe post-abortion care practices: A study on interventions implemented by Ipas Pakistan.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The effects of interventions to integrate long-acting reversible contraception with treatment for incomplete abortion: Results of a 6-year interrupted time series analysis in hospitals in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2022Article
- Contraceptive Use Before and After Abortion: A Cross-Sectional Study from Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.Studies in family planning · 2022Article
- Women's Perceived Barriers to Accessing Post-Abortion Care Services in Selected Districts in KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa: A Qualitative Study.Annals of global health · 2022Article
- Predictors and Barriers to Post Abortion Family Planning Uptake in Hai District, Northern Tanzania: A Mixed Methods Study.The East African health research journal · 2021Article
- The Quality of Postabortion Care in Tanzania: Service Provider Perspectives and Results From a Service Readiness Assessment.Global health, science and practice · 2019Article
- Women's Satisfaction With and Perceptions of the Quality of Postabortion Care at Public-Sector Facilities in Mainland Tanzania and in Zanzibar.Global health, science and practice · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe family planning component of postabortion care (PAC) is critical, as it helps women to prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce future incidence of life-threatening unsafe abortion. In Tanzania, PAC was recently decentralized from tertiary-level district hospitals to primary health care dispensaries in four regions of the country. This analysis describes interventions used to improve access to high quality PAC services during decentralization; examines results and factors that contribute to PAC clients' voluntary uptake of contraception; and develops recommendations for improving postabortion contraceptive services.
methodsThis analysis uses service delivery statistics of 18,688 PAC clients compiled from 120 facilities in Tanzania between 2005 and 2014.
resultsThis study suggests that efforts to integrate postabortion family planning into treatment for incomplete abortion contributed to higher postabortion contraceptive uptake (86%). Results indicate that variables associated with significant differences in contraceptive uptake were facility level, age, gestational age at the time of treatment, and uterine evacuation technology used.
conclusionThe experience of expanding PAC services in Tanzania suggests that integrating contraceptive services with treatment for abortion complications can increase family planning use.
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