ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2019
Knowledge and attitudes towards abortion from health care providers and abortion experts in Zimbabwe: a cross sectional study.
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- Integrating aqli (rationale) and naqli (revealed) knowledge in AI-driven clinical decision support systems to enhance healthcare delivery for guiding termination of pregnancy among Muslim patients: a systematic review (1).BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Pooled it
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- Healthcare professionals' knowledge and attitudes on termination of pregnancy in eThekwini.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2025Article
- Health care providers attitude towards safe abortion care and its associated factors in Northwest, Ethiopia, 2021: a health facility-based cross-sectional study.Reproductive health · 2024Article
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- Clinical readiness for essential maternal and child health services in Kenya: A cross-sectional survey.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law.Contraception: X · 2023Article
- "I was afraid they will be judging me and even deny me the service": Experiences of denial and dissuasion during abortion care in Ethiopia.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
- Healthcare Providers' Knowledge and Attitude Towards Abortions in Thailand: A Pre-Post Evaluation of Trainings on Safe Abortion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Abortion in Zimbabwe: A national study of the incidence of induced abortion, unintended pregnancy and post-abortion care in 2016.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionAbortion in Zimbabwe is allowed to preserve the physical health of the woman, or in cases of rape, incest, or fetal impairment. Access even under these conditions is difficult and rare. We aimed to understand knowledge of the abortion law and attitudes towards abortion amongst health care providers' and abortion experts in Zimbabwe as these can hinder access to safe legal abortion.
methodsIn 2016, we conducted a Health Facility Survey (HFS) (n=227) among health care providers' knowledgeable about abortion services in their facility in a census of facilities offering Post Abortion Care (PAC), and a Health Professionals Survey (HPS) among 118 abortion experts.
resultsTwenty-five percent of providers and 47% of experts knew all four reasons under which abortion is legal in Zimbabwe. Amongst providers and experts, 31% and 50% respectively were misinformed about one or more legal criteria. Most providers and experts were in support of expanding the legal provision of abortion to cases when the woman's mental health is at risk (65% and 79%, respectively) and if the woman is mentally incapacitated (66% amongst all). Seventy-one percent of experts recommend liberalizing the abortion law in order to reduce unsafe abortions.
conclusionThere is incomplete and sometimes inaccurate knowledge on the legal provisions for performing abortions in Zimbabwe amongst both health care providers and abortion experts. Incomplete knowledge of the law may be further reducing abortion access, highlighting the urgent need for educating health care providers on the legal status of abortion.
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