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Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Women's Reproductive Health

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ID10797142
AuthorsJ A Behrman (0000-0002-1149-8209, New York University, corresponding author), Abigail Weitzman (0000-0001-6843-3820)
Year2016
Volume47
Issue1
Pages3-17
Publication date2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4465.2016.00045.x
PMID27027990
OpenAlexW2295044801
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited22

This article explores the effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on women's reproductive health, using geocoded data from the 2005 and 2012 Haiti Demographic and Health Surveys. We use geographic variation in the destructiveness of the earthquake to conduct a difference‐in‐difference analysis. Results indicate that heightened earthquake intensity reduced use of injectables—the most widely used modern contraceptive method in Haiti—and increased current pregnancy and current unwanted pregnancy. Analysis of impact pathways suggests that severe earthquake intensity significantly increased women's unmet need for family planning and reduced their access to condoms. The earthquake also affected other factors that influence reproductive health, including women's ability to negotiate condom use in their partnerships. Our findings highlight how disruptions to health care services following a natural disaster can have negative consequences for women's reproductive health

Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Natural disaster · Population · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine

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Citations per year4,56
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 40

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