scholarly journals Meeting women's health care needs after abortion

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Huntington
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Abortion Complications ◽  
Postabortion Care

Women who seek emergency treatment for abortion complications—bleeding, infection, and injuries to the reproductive tract system—should be a priority group for reproductive health care programs. These women often receive poor-quality services that do not address their multiple health needs. They may be discharged without counseling on postoperative recuperation, family planning (FP), or other reproductive health (RH) issues. Women who have had an induced abortion due to an unwanted pregnancy are likely to have a repeat abortion unless they receive appropriate FP counseling and services. Preventing repeat unsafe abortions is important for RH programs because it saves women's lives, protects women’s health, and reduces the need for costly emergency services for abortion complications. At the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, the world's governments called for improvements in postabortion medical services. As part of the resulting international postabortion care initiative, the Population Council’s Operations Research and Technical Assistance projects worked collaboratively to conduct research on interventions to improve postabortion care. This brief summarizes the major findings of this research and relevant studies by other international organizations.

scholarly journals Addressing Women's Health Care Needs During Pediatric Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-234
Author(s):  
Rachel N. Caskey ◽  
Sarah E. Olender ◽  
Alejandra Zocchi ◽  
Cara J. Bergo ◽  
Keriann H. Uesugi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Women's Health Care

What actually do Syrian migrant women’s health practices tell us? A qualitative interpretive synthesis from Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Funda Aslan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Services

Purpose The present qualitative interpretive synthesis (QIS) aimed to re-interpret and understand in detail the findings of the studies related to the health practices of Syrian migrant women living in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach İn this study, the QIS method was used. Three articles were included in the present QIS study from the five electronic databases. Findings Present QIS has once and again emphasized that Syrian immigrant women have health problems, yet face problems accessing health-care services. While the women suffer from various health problems and have health care needs such as pregnancy or maternity, they give priority to the needs of their children and other family members and often postpone taking care of themselves. The most important finding was that migrant women do not want to give up on their cultural teachings. Research limitations/implications There were only a limited number of studies available for review that fit into the inclusion criteria; the low sample sizes across the included studies posed additional limitations. Despite these limitations, these findings suggest important implications, indicating the migrant women’s health practices from a systemic perspective. Social implications All these issues and concerns should be addressed with empathy for developing sustainable health policies and nurturing healthy future generations in Turkey. Originality/value This study is the first study that used the QIS approach to understand and re-interpret qualitative studies findings. Then, this study also emphasized the necessity of looking at the health of migrant women’s health from different perspectives.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Women Health Services at Beverage-Producing Industries of Limpopo (South Africa): Women’s Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8293
Author(s):  
Livhuwani Muthelo ◽  
Masenyani Oupa Mbombi ◽  
Mamare Adelaide Bopape ◽  
Tebogo Maria Mothiba
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Women Health ◽  
Women’S Health Services ◽  
Experiences Of Women

(1) Background: Women remain highly vulnerable to numerous risks at work, including labor rights violations, violence and harassment, myriad general and reproductive health risks. The availability of the comprehensive services remains the only hope for these women, yet very little is known about their perspective. (2) Aim: To determine the experiences of women regarding the availability of comprehensive women’s health services in the industries of Limpopo (South Africa). (3) Methods: The project adopted the qualitative research method to determine the experiences of women related to the availability of comprehensive women’s health services. Non-probability purposive and convenience sampling was used to select 40 women employed in two beverage producing industries. A semi-structured interview with an interview guide was used to collect data that were analyzed using thematic analysis. (4) Results: Four themes emerged about the available health services in the two industries; diverse experiences related to available women’s health services, knowledge related to women’s health services, and diverse description of women’s health services practice and risks. The themes are interpreted into ten sub-themes. (5) Conclusions and Recommendations: There is a lack of available comprehensive women health services at the two beverage producing industries. Thus, women face challenges regarding accessing comprehensive women’s reproductive health care services as well as being exposed to health hazards such as burns, bumps, injuries and suffering from inhalation injuries and burns from moving machines, noise, slippery floors, and chemicals that are used for production in the industry. Women expressed dissatisfaction in the industries regarding the provided general health and primary healthcare services that have limited women’s health-specific services. We recommended that the industries should prioritize designing and developing the comprehensive women health services that to enable women at the industries to have access to good-quality reproductive health care and effective interventions.

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