出版社：Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gujarat
摘要：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : To explore the sociodemographic and obstetric profile of womenundergoing medical termination of pregnancy(MTP) at Guru Govindsingh Hospital, Jamnagarand the reasons for MTP.METHODOLOGY: Cross sectional study of 152women undergoing MTP at Guru GovindsinghHospital, Jamnagar.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Of the 152women studied, more than one third females weremultipara, more than or 3, indicating unmet needof contraception. 13% of the women wereundergoing MTP second time or more indicatingfailure on the part of healthcare services to reachthese women in need. 42% of the women who hadMTP second time or more were doing so withinone year indicating failure on the part of healthproviders who conducted MTP earlier. Only 5%of these women knew regarding emergencycontraceptives indicating need for widerdissemination of information regarding thisemergency measure. Reasons for undergoingMTP by these women were "family sizecompleted" in 63%, "previous baby too young" in20%, "economic reason" in 18%, and"contraceptive failure" in 9% and 29% wereevasive for the reply on being asked the reason forundergoing MTP.CONCLUSIONS: Inadequacy of family planningservices reaching these women in need. Based onthe observation, it is highly recommended thathealth workers should proactively make efforts toreach these women in need of family planning.This will avert undesired pregnancies and alsohelp in preventing these women from exposure ofdangers of undergoing MTP
关键词：MTP; Obstetric profile; Socio-;demographic profile; Knowledge of emergency;contraception; Unmet need of contraception
