Evaluation of a multi-pronged intervention to improve access to safe abortion care in two districts in Jharkhand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the adoption of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act in 1972, access to safe abortion services remains limited in India. Awareness of the legality of abortion also remains low, leading many women to seek services outside the health system. Medical abortion (MA) is an option that has the potential to expand access to safe abortion services. A multi-pronged intervention covering a population of 161,000 in 253 villages in the Silli and Khunti blocks of Jharkhand was conducted between 2007 and 2009, seeking to improve medical abortion services and create awareness at the community level by providing information through community intermediaries and creating an enabling environment through a behavior change communication campaign. The study evaluates the changes in

SUBMITTER: Banerjee SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4035795 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature