Support for provision of early medical abortion by mid-level providers in Bihar and Jharkhand, India

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 70-79

  Patel, Lisa ^a   Bennett, Trude A ^a   Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a   Johnston, Heidi Bart ^b   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

India; medical abortion; mid level providers; task shifting; training of service providers

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL ABORTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 66749180563     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)33439-4     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Chhabra R., and Nuna S. Abortion in India: An Overview (1993), Veerendra Printers, New Delhi
2. Mundle S., Elul B., Anand A., et al. Increasing access to safe abortion services in rural India: experiences with medical abortion in a primary health center. Contraception 76 1 (2007) 66-70
3. Ganatra B., and Johnston H.B. Reducing abortion-related mortality in South Asia: a review of constraints and a road map for change. Journal of American Medical Women's Association 57 3 (2002) 159-164
4. Hirve S.S. Abortion law, policy and services in India: a critical review. Reproductive Health Matters 12 24 Suppl (2004) 114-121
5. International Institute for Population Sciences. National family health survey-2 India, 1998-99 (2000), IIPS/Mumbai Measure DHS+/ORC Macro, Mumbai/Calverton MD
6. Peters D.H. Better Health Systems for India's Poor: Findings, Analysis, and Options (2002), World Bank Publications, Washington DC
7. Johnston H.B., Ved R., Lyall N., et al. Where do rural women obtain postabortion care? The case of Uttar Pradesh, India. International Family Planning Perspectives 29 4 (2003) 182-187
8. Khan M.E., Barge S., Kumar N., et al. Abortion in India : current situation and future challenges. In: Pachauri S. (Ed). Implementing a reproductive health agenda in India: the beginning (1999), Population Council South & East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi 507-529
9. Government of India. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act; 1971.
10. UNICEF. UNICEF India - Statistics. At: <. www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_statistics.html >. Accessed 7 December 2008
11. Coyaji K. Early medical abortion in India: three studies and their implications for abortion services. Journal of American Medical Women's Association 55 3 Suppl (2000) 191-194
12. Government of India. Family Welfare Programme in India Yearbook 2001. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 2003.
13. Sood M., Juneja Y., and Goyal U. Maternal mortality and morbidity associated with clandestine abortions. Journal of Indian Medical Association 93 2 (1995) 77-79
14. Registrar General India. Maternal Mortality in India: 1997-2003: Trends, Causes and Risk Factors (2006), Registrar General India, New Delhi
15. World Health Organization. Safe Abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems (2003), WHO, Geneva
16. Ipas. Deciding women's lives are worth saving: Expanding the role of mid-level providers in safe abortion care (2002), Ipas, Chapel Hill NC
17. Billings D.L., Baird T.L., Ankrah V., et al. Training midwives to improve postabortion care in Ghana : major findings and recommendations from an operations research project (1999), Ipas, Chapel Hill, NC
18. Hessini L. Global progress in abortion advocacy and policy: an assessment of the decade since ICPD. Reproductive Health Matters 13 25 (2005) 88-100
19. Elul B., Ellertson C., Winikoff B., et al. Side effects of mifepristone-misoprostol abortion versus surgical abortion. Data from a trial in China, Cuba, and India. Contraception 59 2 (1999) 107-114
20. Winikoff B., Sivin I., Coyaji K.J., et al. Safety, efficacy, and acceptability of medical abortion in China, Cuba, and India: a comparative trial of mifepristone-misoprostol versus surgical abortion. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 176 2 (1997) 431-437
21. Henderson J.T., Hwang A.C., Harper C.C., et al. Safety of mifepristone abortions in clinical use. Contraception 72 3 (2005) 175-178
22. Hamoda H., Ashok P.W., Flett G.M., et al. Medical abortion at 9-13 weeks' gestation: a review of 1076 consecutive cases. Contraception 71 5 (2005) 327-332
23. Elul B., Sheriar N., Anand A., et al. Are obstetrician-gynaecologists in India aware of and providing medical abortion?. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India 56 4 (2006) 340-345
24. Kruse B. Advanced practice clinicians and medical abortion: increasing access to care. Journal of American Medical Women's Association 55 3 Suppl (2000) 167-168
25. Harvey SM, Sherman SA, Bird ST, et al. Understanding medical abortion: Policy, politics and women's health. Policy Matters Paper 3. Eugene: University of Oregon. Center for the Study of Women in Society; 2002.
26. Ramachandar L., and Pelto P.J. Abortion providers and safety of abortion: a community-based study in a rural district of Tamil Nadu, India. Reproductive Health Matters 12 24 Suppl (2004) 138-146
27. Duggal R. The political economy of abortion in India: cost and expenditure patterns. Reproductive Health Matters 12 24 Suppl (2004) 130-137
28. Elul B., Bracken H., Verma S., et al. Unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion in Rajasthan, India: A qualitative exploration (2004), Population Council, New Delhi
29. Hord CE, Baird TL, Billings DL. Advancing the Role of Mid-level Providers in Abortion and Postaboprtion Care: A Global Review and Key Future Actions: Ipas; 1999.
30. Beckman L.J., Harvey S.M., and Satre S.J. The delivery of medical abortion services: the views of experienced providers. Women's Health Issues 12 2 (2002) 103-112
31. Hwang A.C., Koyama A., Taylor D., et al. Advanced practice clinicians' interest in providing medical abortion: results of a California survey. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 37 2 (2005) 92-97
32. Ramachandar L., and Pelto P.J. Medical abortion in rural Tamil Nadu, South India: a quiet transformation. Reproductive Health Matters 13 26 (2005) 54-64
33. Ganatra B., Manning V., and Pallipamulla S.P. Medical Abortion in Bihar and Jharkhand: A Study of Provders, Chemists, Women and Men (2005), Ipas India, New Delhi
34. Creanga A.A., Roy P., and Tsui A.O. Characteristics of abortion service providers in two northern Indian states. Contraception 78 6 (2008) 500-506
35. International Institute for Population Sciences/ORC Macro. National family health survey-3 India, 2005-06, Bihar (2007), IIPS, Mumbai
36. International Institute for Population Sciences/ORC Macro. National family health survey-3 India, 2005-06, Jharkhand (2007), IIPS, Mumbai
37. International Institute for Population Sciences/ORC Macro. National family health survey-3 India, 2005-06 (2007), IIPS, Mumbai
38. Carolina Population Center. Alternative Business Models for Family Planning. At: <. www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/abm >. Accessed 26 September 2008
39. Stephenson R., Tsui A.O., Sulzbach S., et al. Franchising reproductive health services. Health Services Research 39 6 (2004) 2053-2080
40. Bandyopadhyay L. Lymphatic filariasis and the women of India. Social Science & Medicine 42 10 (1996) 1401-1410
41. Rangaiyan G., and Sureender S. Women's perceptions of gynaecological morbidity in South India: Causes and remedies in a cultural context. Journal of Family Welfare 46 1 (2000) 31-38
42. Helen B.J., Prasad S., Abraham K., et al. Reproductive Tract Infections Among Young Married Women in Tamil Nadu, India. International Family Planning Perspectives 31 2 (2005) 73-82
43. Berer M. Provision of abortion by mid-level providers: international policy, practice and perspectives. Bulletin of World Health Organization 87 1 (2009) 58-63