Research Publications Abortion VCAT

Assessment of Healthcare Providers’ Attitudes, and Associated Factors on Abortion Service Provision in Public Health Facilities of Amhara, Oromia, SNNP and SWEP

Unsafe abortion is a major public health problem globally contributing to significant proportion of maternal mortality in developing countries. Each year an estimated 36 million to 53 million abortions are performed worldwide. Of this, around 20 million are considered unsafe. In Ethiopia 382,000 induced abortions occurred in 2008 and abortion rate was 23 per 1,000 women in reproductive age. The unfavorable attitude of health care providers is one of the challenges to making the services accessible and available to women and girls. The study provides inputs on issues that need to be addressed with regard to the unfavorable attitude of health care providers rendering the safe abortion services and helps to inform the magnitude of unfavorable attitudes towards abortion among health care providers, associated factors, resistance of providers and the stigma associated with providing the services.

Published: 2023

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Unsafe abortion is a major public health problem globally contributing to significant proportion of maternal mortality in developing countries. Each year an estimated 36 million to 53 million abortions are performed worldwide. Of this, around 20 million are considered unsafe. In Ethiopia 382,000 induced abortions occurred in 2008 and abortion rate was 23 per 1,000 women in reproductive age. The unfavorable attitude of health care providers is one of the challenges to making the services accessible and available to women and girls. The study provides inputs on issues that need to be addressed with regard to the unfavorable attitude of health care providers rendering the safe abortion services and helps to inform the magnitude of unfavorable attitudes towards abortion among health care providers, associated factors, resistance of providers and the stigma associated with providing the services.