Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of health providers towards safe abortion provision in Addis Ababa health centers.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Unsafe abortion remains a reality for many Ethiopian women and will remain so until safe abortion is more accessible across the country. The house of representatives of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) revised the abortion law and Ministry of Health (MoH) of FDRE developed a revised technical and procedural guideline for safe abortion services in Ethiopia; emphasizing the need to increase knowledge and practice of health service providers on safe abortion care (SAC) and access to safe terminations of pregnancy at high standard and quality. METHODS:A facility based descriptive cross-sectional study using structured self-administered questionnaire was conducted between July and August 2015. A total of 405 mid-level providers (MLPs) including midwives, clinical nurses

SUBMITTER: Assefa EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6854666 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature