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The need for integrating family planning and postabortion care in China |
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| Authors: | Yimin Cheng,Xiao Xu,Franç oise Wuillaume,Diana Gibson |
| Affiliation: | a National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, China b The Henan Provincial Research Institute for Family Planning, Zhengzhou, China c Shanghai Da Cheng Institute for Health, Shanghai, China d International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent, Belgium e Danish Epidemiology Science Centre/University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark f Amsterdam School for Social Science Research/Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo assess the need for integrating postabortion care with family planning services in China.MethodWe collected data from a clinic-based study of 24 abortion clinics in 3 large cities in China.ResultsThere was a total of 287 (10.3%) high-risk abortions among the 2780 respondents, 974 (35%) of whom had had repeated abortions and 48.4% had had 2 abortions within 1 year; 63.7% of the current pregnancies resulted from not using contraceptives; 28.8% and 19.8% of these new pregnancies, respectively, were due to the failure of the rhythm or the withdrawal method; only 9.7% of the respondents consistently used condoms; and only 9.1% could identify the correct time of their first ovulation following an abortion.ConclusionContraceptive neglect and the high rates of repeated and high-risk abortions call for the integration of postabortion care with family planning services in China. |
| Keywords: | Adolescents Family planning Postabortion care Reproductive health |
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