La calidad de la atención posaborto: un desafío para la salud pública y los derechos humanos

Resumen

Amelioration of postabortion care seeks to reduce morbidity and mortality\nrelated to unsafe abortion and prevent the reoccurrence of unwanted pregnancy through\nbeneficial technologies and a woman-centered approach. This article reports changes in\npostabortion care in a public hospital in the city of Buenos Aires. A quasi-experimental\ndesign was applied to evaluate the changes associated to the intervention. In both stages\nof the study the following data collection techniques were applied: survey of women\nduring postabortion hospitalization, self-administered survey of heath care team, nonparticipant\nobservation of care process. Within the observed results, changes were noticed\nin the time women had to wait to receive care and to have the procedure performed, and\nin the provision of contraceptive counseling and methods before the medical discharge.\nEven though the health care team showed a strong preference for manual vacuum\naspiration (MVA) and widely recognized its benefits, the adoption of such technique was\nnot generalized after the intervention.