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    Correlates of Individual‑level Stigma and Unsafe Abortions among Women Seeking Abortion Care in Trans Nzoia and Machakos Counties, Kenya

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    2016-08
    Authors
    Yegon, Erick Kiprotich
    Mwaniki, Peter Kabanya
    Echoka, Elizabeth
    Osur, Joachim
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    Yegon EK, Mwaniki PK, Echoka E, Osur J. Correlates of individual-level stigma and unsafe abortions among women seeking abortion care in Trans Nzoia and Machakos Counties, Kenya. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2016;9:226-34.

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    Objectives: To compare the levels of abortion stigma in regions with high and low incidence of unsafe abortion in Kenya to explore whether abortion-related stigma is associated with incidence of unsafe abortion. Study Design: A cross-sectional survey of 759 women receiving abortion services in private and public health facilities in two counties located in regions with high and low incidence of unsafe abortion regions of Kenya. Results: Of the total respondents, 424 sought postabortion care (PAC), whereas 335 sought induced abortion. Factor analysis revealed a four-factor model for examining individual-level stigma related to seeking an abortion. The mean of stigma scores for women in a Trans Nzoia was higher than in Machakos. (49.82 compared to 47.58, P < 0.001). In the combined sample, respondents seeking PAC reported higher stigma scores compared to those seeking induced abortion. For the overall scale and subscales, stigma reduced with increases in the age of respondents (b = −7.7, P < 0.001 for 25–34 years and b = −4.6, P < 0.001 for 35–49 years). Regression analysis showed that stigma decreased in the county with low incidence of unsafe abortion on interaction between with type of abortion service. Conclusions: Respondents from a county with higher incidence of unsafe abortion reported higher stigma scores compared to those from a county with lower incidence of unsafe abortion. Age, marital status, type of abortion service, and socioeconomic status of respondents were all significantly associated with stigmatizing attitudes across the stigma scale’s subscales. Young unmarried women, women who received PAC low socioeconomic background, and married women reported higher stigma scores.

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    Abortion; Attitudes; Beliefs; Community; Kenya; Stigma
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    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

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    Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
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    17556783
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