Healthcare students' knowledge and opinions about the Argentinean abortion law

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare : Official Journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives
Belén Provenzano-CastroBabill Stray-Pedersen

Abstract

Abortion is legally restricted in Argentina. Although this law is almost 100 years old, most women who meet the criteria for legal abortion are not informed of or offered this possibility within the healthcare system. Healthcare students' knowledge and opinions on abortion may influence their future practice. They may deny a woman with an unwanted pregnancy a practice to which she is legally entitled, resulting in an unsafe abortion. This study assessed knowledge and personal opinions on the abortion law among first year healthcare students in order to design adequate educational strategies. In this descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study, structured self-administered questionnaires were administered to 781 first year medical, nursing, midwifery, and other healthcare students from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires from 2011 to 2013. Data were recorded anonymously in SPSS 20. Student samples were adjusted for gender and fields of study using the University statistics. Of the students, 48.8% did not know the current regulations. Most of the students thought abortion was legally restricted and failed to recognize the circumstances in which it is allowed. Over 75% of the students were pro-abortion, especial...Continue Reading

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Feb 9, 2017·Gaceta sanitaria·Samira Alvarado-ZeballosÁlvaro Taype-Rondan
May 20, 2017·The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care : the Official Journal of the European Society of Contraception·Belén Provenzano-CastroBabill Stray-Pedersen
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