Do women's attitudes towards abortion and contraceptive methods influence their option for sterilization?

This paper analyzes the attitudes of low-income women towards abortion and contraception. A survey was conducted in 1992 with a total of 3,149 childbearing-age women living on the outskirts of the Greater Metropolitan São Paulo Area. The study focuses on a sub-sample of 583 women. Attitudes of sterilized and non-sterilized women are compared. Women, especially those sterilized, found the most important attribute of a contraceptive method to be its effectiveness. Women currently taking the pill were less likely than those sterilized to agree that sterilization was the best method because of its effectiveness. Sterilized women were less likely than non-sterilized women to trust the pill. Sterilized women were more likely than non-sterilized to have reported adverse effects from the pill. Most women found abortion unacceptable except in the case of risk to the woman's life. Women using more effective methods showed stronger negative attitudes towards abortion. The tendency to be sterilized while still young was associated with more negative attitudes towards abortion. Family planning activities in basic health care services should include individual counseling for contraceptive use.

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Using Prospective Methods to Identify Fieldwork Locations Favourable to Understanding Divergences in Health Care Accessibility

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information ◽

10.3390/ijgi10080506 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 506

Author(s):

Jan Ketil Rød ◽

Arne H. Eide ◽

Thomas Halvorsen ◽

Alister Munthali

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Low Income ◽

Access To Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Good Health ◽

Low Income Countries ◽

Care Services ◽

Health Care Accessibility ◽

Barriers To Health ◽

Walking Time

Central to this article is the issue of choosing sites for where a fieldwork could provide a better understanding of divergences in health care accessibility. Access to health care is critical to good health, but inhabitants may experience barriers to health care limiting their ability to obtain the care they need. Most inhabitants of low-income countries need to walk long distances along meandering paths to get to health care services. Individuals in Malawi responded to a survey with a battery of questions on perceived difficulties in accessing health care services. Using both vertical and horizontal impedance, we modelled walking time between household locations for the individuals in our sample and the health care centres they were using. The digital elevation model and Tobler’s hiking function were used to represent vertical impedance, while OpenStreetMap integrated with land cover map were used to represent horizontal impedance. Combining measures of walking time and perceived accessibility in Malawi, we used spatial statistics and found spatial clusters with substantial discrepancies in health care accessibility, which represented fieldwork locations favourable for providing a better understanding of barriers to health access.

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Characteristics of Morbidity and Choice of Health Care Facilities in Nepal

Journal of Advanced Academic Research ◽

10.3126/jaar.v2i2.16605 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 47-55

Author(s):

Arjun Kumar Thapa ◽

Shiva Raj Adhikari

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Low Income ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Acute Illness ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Seek Health Care ◽

Care Services ◽

Primary Health ◽

Service Production ◽

Care Facilities

In aftermath of People’s Movement 2008, the Government of Nepal promulgated health as a component of basic human rights. But Nepalese health consumers can seek health care services in government primary health facilities, hospitals, private clinics or do self–medication. The study intends to describe the characteristics of morbidity and factors associated in choosing particular type of health facility. For data, the study depends on a nationally representative rich cross sectional household survey data (Nepal Living Standard Survey, 2010/11) of Nepal. The findings of the study show that around one fifth of the total population reported acute illness while near about 10 percent is facing chronic illness. Around 30 percent of people reporting acute illness do not seek any health care services. Most of the rural people and poor population seek health care services in government primary health care facilities and private pharmacies. People belonging to low income quintiles are likely to seek health care services in government primary facilities. Similarly people residing in mountain & hill are likely to utilize services of government primary facilities. The study shows that urbanites are more likely to seek services in hospitals and private clinics. Therefore a homogeneous health care service production and delivery cannot address the country wide demand of health care services.

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Obtaining Health Care Services for Low-Income Children: A Hierarchy of Needs

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved ◽

10.1353/hpu.0.0080 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 1192-1211 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Jennifer E. Devoe ◽

Alan S. Graham ◽

Heather Angier ◽

Alia Baez ◽

Lisa Krois

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Low Income ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Hierarchy Of Needs ◽

Low Income Children ◽

Care Services

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A package of primary health care services for comprehensive family-centred HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs in low-income settings

Tropical Medicine & International Health ◽

10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02282.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 663-672 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Michael A. Tolle

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Low Income ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Treatment Programs ◽

Care Services ◽

Primary Health ◽

Primary Health Care Services ◽

Care And Treatment ◽

Hiv Aids

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Community Leaders' Perceptions of Hispanic, Single, Low-Income Mothers' Needs, Concerns, Social Support, and Interactions with Health Care Services

Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing ◽

10.1080/01460860802610194 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 31-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Christie Campbell-Grossman ◽

Diane Brage Hudson ◽

Rebecca Keating-Lefler ◽

Jodell R. Yank ◽

Titilola Obafunwa

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Health Care ◽

Low Income ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Community Leaders ◽

Care Services ◽

Low Income Mothers

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Rural reproductive health: barriers and facilitators experienced by low-income rural women in obtaining reproductive health care services

Contraception ◽

10.1016/j.contraception.2010.04.143 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 82 (2) ◽

pp. 214

Author(s):

E. Ladoceour ◽

J.N. Curtis

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Low Income ◽

Rural Women ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Barriers And Facilitators ◽

Reproductive Health Care ◽

Care Services

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Access to Bulk-Billing General Practitioners in Tasmania

Australian Journal of Primary Health ◽

10.1071/py02014 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 87

Author(s):

Kelly Madden

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

General Practitioners ◽

Low Income ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Fundamental Rights ◽

Care Services ◽

Low Incomes ◽

United Nations Declaration ◽

The Cost ◽

National Decline

Access to basic health care services is one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights. Imposition of fees for service restricts access to care, particularly for people on low incomes. In recent years there has been a slight national decline in bulk-billing by general practitioners that has been more pronounced in Tasmania. Evidence from Tasmania suggests significant numbers of general practitioners in some areas of the state are charging gap fees to Health Care and Pension Concession Cardholders. Local qualitative and quantitative data indicate that low-income earners are delaying or avoiding seeking health care because they are unable to afford the cost.

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