Abortion services for sex workers in Uganda
Successful strategies in an urban clinic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15098006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather M Marlow (corresponding author), Kristen Shellenberg, Kristen M Shellenberg, Erick Yegon (African Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 931-943 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691058.2014.922218 |
| PMID | 24945605 |
| OpenAlex | W2051582976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
Sex workers' need for safe abortion services in Uganda is greater than that of the population of women of reproductive age because of their number of sexual contacts, the inconsistent use of contraception and their increased risk of forced sex, rape or other forms of physical and sexual violence. We sought to understand sex workers' experiences with induced abortion services or post-abortion care (PAC) at an urban clinic in Uganda. We conducted nine in-depth interviews with sex workers. All in-depth interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, translated, computer recorded and coded for analysis. We identified several important programmatic considerations for safe abortion services for sex workers. Most important is creating community-level interventions in which women can speak openly about abortion, creating a support network among sex workers, training peer educators, and making available a community outreach educator and community outreach workshops on abortion. At the health facility, it is important for service providers to treat sex workers with care and respect, allow sex workers to be accompanied to the health facility and guarantee confidentiality. These programmatic elements help sex workers to access safe abortion services and should be tried with all women of reproductive age to improve women's access to safe abortion in Uganda
Abortion · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Health facility · Health services · Outreach · Population · Pregnancy · Psychological intervention · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Sex workers · Unsafe abortion · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Nursing · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |