Woman-Centered Post-Abortion Care in Public Hospitals in Tucuman, Argentina: Assessing Quality of Care and Its Link to Human Rights | Zendy

Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León | Zendy; Deborah L. Billings | Zendy; Karina Barrionuevo | Zendy

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Woman-Centered Post-Abortion Care in Public Hospitals in Tucuman, Argentina: Assessing Quality of Care and Its Link to Human Rights

Author(s) -

Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León,

Deborah L. Billings,

Karina Barrionuevo

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

health and human rights

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 2150-4113

pISSN - 1079-0969

DOI - 10.2307/4065395

Subject(s) - abortion , human rights , poverty , unsafe abortion , health care , quality (philosophy) , public health , medicine , political science , economic growth , nursing , family planning , environmental health , law , pregnancy , population , research methodology , philosophy , genetics , epistemology , economics , biology

Unsafe abortion is a major public health and human rights problem in Argentina. Implementation of a woman-centered post-abortion care (PAC) model is one strategy to improve the situation. The quality of PAC services was measured in three public hospitals in Tucumán, a province with high levels of poverty and maternal mortality due to unsafe abortion. Overall, the quality of PAC services was found to be poor. Women do not receive services in a manner that respects their human rights, in particular their rights to health and health care, information, and to the benefits of scientific progress. Findings from the evaluation are being used to develop collaborative NGO/hospital/policy-maker efforts to improve PAC services through better training of health care providers.

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