Abortion experiences among Zanzibari women: a chain-referral sampling study
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Norris, Alison, et al. Abortion Experiences Among Zanzibari Women: a Chain-referral Sampling Study. BioMed Central, 2016. https://doi.org/10.17615/kcj0-at27APA
Norris, A., Harrington, B., Grossman, D., Hemed, M., & Hindin, M. (2016). Abortion experiences among Zanzibari women: a chain-referral sampling study. BioMed Central. https://doi.org/10.17615/kcj0-at27Chicago
Norris, Alison, Bryna J Harrington, Daniel Grossman, Maryam Hemed, and Michelle J Hindin. 2016. Abortion Experiences Among Zanzibari Women: a Chain-Referral Sampling Study. BioMed Central. https://doi.org/10.17615/kcj0-at27- Creator
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Norris, Alison
- Other Affiliation: Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Present address: College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 326 Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210-1351, USA
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Harrington, Bryna J
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
- Other Affiliation: Yale College Charles P. Howland Fellow, 74 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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Grossman, Daniel
- Other Affiliation: Ibis Reproductive Health, 1330 Broadway, Suite 1100, Oakland, CA 94612, USA; Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Hemed, Maryam
- Other Affiliation: African Union Commission, Department of Medical Services, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Hindin, Michelle J
- Other Affiliation: Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Abstract Background In Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, induced abortion is illegal but common, and fewer than 12 % of married reproductive-aged women use modern contraception. As part of a multi-method study about contraception and consequences of unwanted pregnancies, the objective of this study was to understand the experiences of Zanzibari women who terminated pregnancies. Methods The cross-sectional study was set in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Participants were a community-based sample of women who had terminated pregnancies. We carried out semi-structured interviews with 45 women recruited via chain-referral sampling. We report the characteristics of women who have had abortions, the reasons they had abortions, and the methods used to terminate their pregnancies. Results Women in Zanzibar terminate pregnancies that are unwanted for a range of reasons, at various points in their reproductive lives, and using multiple methods. While clinical methods were most effective, nearly half of our participants successfully terminated a pregnancy using non-clinical methods and very few had complications requiring post abortion care (PAC). Conclusions Even in settings where abortion is illegal, some women experience illegal abortions without adverse health consequences, what we might call ‘safer’ unsafe abortions; these kinds of abortion experiences can be missed in studies about abortion conducted among women seeking PAC in hospitals.
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- March 11, 2016
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- Reproductive Health. 2016 Mar 11;13(1):23
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