TY  - JOUR
T1  - Unsafe Abortion and Post Abortion Care: Patients Profile and Perceptions in Lagos, Nigeria
AU - Ireti, Akinola Oluwarotimi AU - Olusegun, Fabamwo Adetokunbo AU - Olufela, Tayo Adetokunbo AU - Mercy, Alokha AU - Abisowo, Oshodi Yussuf AU - Osinusi Bamidele, O. 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
SP  - 170
EP  - 174
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2010.170.174
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2010.170.174
KW  - MDG
KW  -postabortion care
KW  -unsafe abortion
KW  -IPAS
KW  -contraception
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - Postabortion care is a strategy for reducing the major contribution of unsafe abortion to maternal mortality. Its deployment has been lukewarm in many developing countries and an appraisal of the patients and factors that might hinder its uptake would be worthwhile to reduce the incidence of unsafe abortion. Questionnaires were applied to 435 patients who presented at the emergency ward with complications of unsafe abortion. Information sought included socio-demographic details, past obstetric history, reasons for procuring abortion, method, place and pedigree of the abortionist. Others were perception of the abortion process, knowledge of postabortion care and attitude to its various components. About 72% of the respondents were educated, 56% were married while 75.5% had experienced an abortion before the index case. About 64% did not employ any contraception in between the abortions due to various misconceptions while 94% regarded abortion as an acceptable mode of contraception. Almost half of respondents believed that contraception could predispose to infertility. These findings highlight that major components of postabortion care were deficient and will need to be incorporated into practice to attain the MDG 5.
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