Utilization of mobile phones for accessing menstrual regulation services among low-income women in Bangladesh: a qualitative analysis

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• 作者：Chelsea Jordan Messinger ; Ilias Mahmud ; Sushama Kanan…
• 关键词：Menstrual regulation ; Abortion ; mHealth ; Reproductive health ; Maternal health ; Community health services ; Family planning ; Low ; income population ; Bangladesh
• 刊名：Reproductive Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：14
• 期：1
• 全文大小：444KB
• 刊物主题：Reproductive Medicine; Public Health; Maternal and Child Health;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1742-4755
• 卷排序：14

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BackgroundAs many as one-third of all pregnancies in Bangladesh are unplanned, with nearly one-half of these pregnancies ending in either menstrual regulation (MR) or illegal clandestine abortion. Although MR is provided free of charge, or at a nominal cost, through the public sector and various non-profits organizations, many women face barriers in accessing safe, affordable MR and post-MR care. Mobile health (mHealth) services present a promising platform for increasing access to MR among low-income women at risk for clandestine abortion. We sought to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding mHealth of both MR clients and formal and informal sexual and reproductive healthcare providers in urban and rural low-income settlements in Bangladesh.