背景:即使根据法律,提供堕胎服务的医疗保健提供者对堕胎的消极态度也可能成为障碍,根据要求允许堕胎。预计医疗保健提供者将执行并成为堕胎服务的变革推动者。然而,关于埃塞俄比亚医疗保健提供者对安全堕胎的态度知之甚少。
目的:本研究旨在评估卫生保健提供者对BahirDar市公共卫生设施安全堕胎护理的态度及其相关因素,埃塞俄比亚西北部。
方法:一项基于医疗机构的横断面研究于2021年3月1日至30日在416名医疗保健提供者中进行。数据是通过基于计算机生成的简单随机抽样技术收集的,输入,编码,并使用Epi数据版本4.2进行清理,并使用社会科学统计软件包版本25.0进行分析。采用双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析来估计粗和调整后的比值比,置信区间为95%,P值小于0.05,具有统计学意义。
结果:研究的有效率为99.3%,70.2%[95%CI:65.6-74.6]的卫生保健提供者对安全堕胎护理持积极态度。多变量分析表明,年龄在25-29岁、30-34岁和≥35岁的医疗保健提供者[AOR=3.34,95%CI=1.03-10.85],[AOR=4.58,95%CI=1.33-15.83]和[AOR=5.30,95%CI=1.43-19.66],男性医疗保健提供者[AOR=3.20,95%CI=1.55-6.60],助产士[AOR=6.50,95%CI=2.40-17.44],在医院工作[AOR=4.77,95%CI=1.53-14.91],曾经接受过安全堕胎方面的培训[AOR=5.09,95%CI=2.29-11.32],堕胎程序的实践[AOR=2.52,95%,CI=1.13-5.60],流产知识[AOR=7.35,95%CI=3.23-16.71],对修订的堕胎法的认识[AOR=6.44,95%CI=3.15-13.17]和需要进一步使堕胎法合法化[AOR=11.78,95%CI=5.52-24.26]与对安全堕胎护理的有利态度有关。
结论:与以前的研究相比,对安全堕胎护理持有利态度的医疗服务提供者相对较高。年龄,性别,职业,workplace,培训,知识,与实践相关的因素与对安全流产的态度有关。这项研究表明,需要进行干预,以帮助改善医疗保健提供者对安全堕胎护理的态度,特别是那些在产妇护理单位工作的人。
BACKGROUND: A negative attitude towards abortion among health care providers providing abortion services could be an obstacle even under a law, which permits abortion on request. Healthcare providers are expected to perform and be change agents of abortion services. However, little information is known about the attitude toward safe abortion among healthcare providers in Ethiopia.
OBJECTIVE: This
study aimed to assess health care provider\'s attitudes towards safe abortion care and its associated factors at the public health facilities of Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia.
METHODS: A health facility-based cross-sectional
study was employed from March 1 to 30/2021 among 416 health-care providers. The data were collected by computer-based generated simple random sampling technique, entered, coded, and cleaned using Epi data version 4.2 and analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences version 25.0. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were employed to estimate the crude and adjusted odds ratio with a confidence interval of 95% and a P-value of less than 0.05 considered statistically significant.
RESULTS: The response rate of the
study was 99.3%, and 70.2% [95% CI: 65.6-74.6] of health-care providers had a favorable attitude towards safe abortion care. Multivariable analysis indicated that health care providers who are found in the age group of 25-29, 30-34, and ≥ 35 years [AOR = 3.34, 95% CI = 1.03-10.85], [AOR = 4.58, 95% CI = 1.33- 15.83] and [AOR = 5.30, 95% CI = 1.43-19.66] respectively, male health care providers [AOR = 3.20, 95% CI = 1.55-6.60], midwives [AOR = 6.50, 95% CI = 2.40-17.44], working at hospital [AOR = 4.77, 95% CI = 1.53-14.91], ever trained on safe abortion [AOR = 5.09, 95% CI = 2.29-11.32], practicing of an abortion procedure [AOR = 2.52, 95%, CI = 1.13-5.60], knowledge of abortion [AOR = 7.35, 95% CI = 3.23-16.71], awareness on revised abortion law [AOR = 6.44, 95% CI = 3.15-13.17] and need further legalization of abortion law [AOR = 11.78, 95% CI = 5.52-24.26] were associated with a favorable attitude towards safe abortion care.
CONCLUSIONS: Healthcare providers who had a favorable attitude toward safe abortion care were relatively high compared to the previous studies. Age, sex, profession, workplace, training, knowledge, and practice-related factors were associated with a favorable attitude toward safe abortion. This
study indicated that, a need for intervention to help improve the attitude of healthcare providers toward safe abortion care, especially for those working in the maternity care units.