The perspective of Canadian health care professionals on abortion service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic response created novel challenges for abortion services. Canada was uniquely positioned to transition to telemedicine because internationally common restrictions on abortion medication were removed before the pandemic.

Objective

We sought to characterize the experiences of abortion health care professionals in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the pandemic response on abortion services.

Methods

We conducted a sequential mixed methods study between July 2020 and January 2021. We invited physicians, nurse practitioners and administrators to participate in a cross-sectional survey containing an open-ended question about the impact of the pandemic response on abortion care. We employed an inductive codebook

SUBMITTER: Ennis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8414916 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature