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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 22, 2014 - Issue sup44: Expanding access to medical abortion
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Original Research Articles

The role of auxiliary nurse-midwives and community health volunteers in expanding access to medical abortion in rural Nepal

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Table 1 Profile of female community health volunteers, baseline interviews, June 2011 Chi square-test * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001; ns- not statistically significant.

Table 2 Increased knowledge and practice on abortion among female community health volunteers, baseline and post-intervention (%) p-values from McNemar-test: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001, ns = non-significant.

Table 3 Increases in female community volunteer’s knowledge about advantages and disadvantages of medical abortion a Percentage total may exceed 100 due to multiple responses. p-values from McNemar-test: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001, ns = non-significant.

Table 4 Place of referral for abortion by female community health volunteers at baseline and post-intervention p-values from McNemar-test: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001, ns = non-significant.

Table 5 Experiences of women who received medical abortion care at study sites: exit interviews a -% total may exceed 100 due to multiple responses.

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