Unmet family planning needs among female refugees and asylum seekers in Germany - is free access to family planning services enough? Results of a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After the 1968 United Nations International Conference on Human Rights, access to family planning services became a human right. Such a service is of central importance to women's empowerment and is empirically needed to provide adequate healthcare. For registered refugees and asylum seekers in Germany complementary family planning services, including all forms of contraception, are free of charge. Yet, the success of these services remains unclear. The aim of this study is to describe the current reproductive health status of female refugees and to provide an initial overview of their existing unmet family planning and contraception needs.

Methods

Over the course of 2 years, from December 2015 to December 2017, a set of 50 female-only discussion groups were condu

SUBMITTER: Inci MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7389815 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature