Aborto: 20 anos de pesquisas no Brasil

Diniz, Débora; Corrêa, Marilena; Squinca, Flávia; Braga, Kátia Soares

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x2009000400025

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“…As evidências empíricas são coletadas por entrevista estruturada, exame clínico ou análise de prontuários. Há uma concentração desses estudos em alguns estados (em particular, São Paulo) e escassa informação sobre os estados das regiões Norte, Centro-Oeste e Sul 9,10 .…”

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Itinerários e métodos do aborto ilegal em cinco capitais brasileiras

Diniz

Medeiros

2012

Ciênc. saúde coletiva

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Itinerários e métodos do aborto ilegal em cinco capitais brasileiras

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Medeiros

2012

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“…In Latin America women have been using misoprostol for self-induced home abortions for over two decades [11]. As misoprostol became more widely used the use of highly unsafe and invasive abortion methods gradually became less frequent [2,12,13]. …”

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“…There is evidence that shows that in countries where voluntary abortion is not legal, increased use of medical abortion over other methods has increased the safety of self-induced procedures by reducing complications related to unsafe abortion [12,13,28-32]. Misoprostol and mifepristone are valuable resources that have great potential to expand access to safe abortion and therefore reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.…”

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Latin American women’s experiences with medical abortion in settings where abortion is legally restricted

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Abortion is legally restricted in most of Latin America where 95% of the 4.4 million abortions performed annually are unsafe.Medical abortion (MA) refers to the use of a drug or a combination of drugs to terminate pregnancy. Mifepristone followed by misoprostol is the most effective and recommended regime. In settings where mifepristone is not available, misoprostol alone is used.Medical abortion has radically changed abortion practices worldwide, and particularly in legally restricted contexts. In Latin America women have been using misoprostol for self-induced home abortions for over two decades.This article summarizes the findings of a literature review on women’s experiences with medical abortion in Latin American countries where voluntary abortion is illegal.Women’s personal experiences with medical abortion are diverse and vary according to context, age, reproductive history, social and educational level, knowledge about medical abortion, and the physical, emotional, and social circumstances linked to the pregnancy. But most importantly, experiences are determined by whether or not women have the chance to access: 1) a medically supervised abortion in a clandestine clinic or 2) complete and accurate information on medical abortion. Other key factors are access to economic resources and emotional support.Women value the safety and effectiveness of MA as well as the privacy that it allows and the possibility of having their partner, a friend or a person of their choice nearby during the process. Women perceive MA as less painful, easier, safer, more practical, less expensive, more natural and less traumatic than other abortion methods. The fact that it is self-induced and that it avoids surgery are also pointed out as advantages. Main disadvantages identified by women are that MA is painful and takes time to complete. Other negatively evaluated aspects have to do with side effects, prolonged bleeding, the possibility that it might not be effective, and the fact that some women eventually need to seek medical care at a hospital where they might be sanctioned for having an abortion and even reported to the police.

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“…A recent study on the magnitude of abortion in Brazil, summarizing the major researches over the past 20 years shows that most women who terminate a pregnancy is between 20 and 29 years, stable, up to eight years of study, work, are Catholic, have at least one child and use some contraception 12 . In this investigation, however, it was expected a higher incidence of abortion among unmarried, young and childless women, considering the favorable socioeconomic profile of the population, as evidenced by Santos (2005) 16 .…”

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“…Randomized response techniques, self-completion questionnaires or sealed ballot boxes allow better estimation of the prevalence of illegal abortion, because they provide the most appropriate conditions of secrecy and confidentiality. On the other hand, the use of IT restricts the characterization of the phenomenon, because they work with a limited number of questions 5,[9][10][11][12] .…”

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Prevalência e características de mulheres com aborto entre mulheres com histórico de gestação

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Carneiro

Drezett

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J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Journal of Human Growth and DevelopmentThe odds ratio of having carried on without abortion induced abortion was 28.3 times (p<0.001) for those who had no children, 6.4 times (p<0.001) among those who accept abortion, and 4.9 times higher (p=0.002) in under 4 years of study, increased by 8% for each one year increment in age (p<0.001). The odds ratio of having a spontaneous miscarriage over without abortion was 15.0 times (p<0.001) for those who had no children; 3.6 times higher (p=0.055) in under 4 years of study, increased by 5% per year of age (p<0.001) and acceptance of abortion practice was not significant. Conclusions: The main factor for the occurrence of abortion was not having live births, indicating a tendency of abortions to occur in the early reproductive life. Less education and acceptance of the practice were other variables associated with induced abortion. There was evidence of omission of the statement of abortion in the responses of the interviewees.

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Aborto: 20 anos de pesquisas no Brasil

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Itinerários e métodos do aborto ilegal em cinco capitais brasileiras

Itinerários e métodos do aborto ilegal em cinco capitais brasileiras

Latin American women’s experiences with medical abortion in settings where abortion is legally restricted

Prevalência e características de mulheres com aborto entre mulheres com histórico de gestação

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