Post abortion family planning counseling as a tool to increase contraception use

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To describe the impact of the post-abortion family planning counseling in bringing about the contraceptive usage in women who had induced abortion in a family planning clinic.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>The Diyarbakir Office of Turkish Family Planning Association (DTFPA) is a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization which runs a family planning clinic to serve the lower socio-economic populations, in Diyarbakir-Turkey. Post abortion counseling is introduced by using proper communication skills and with using appropriate methods to women. In this study we introduced contraceptive usage of women who had induced abortion one year ago and followed by DTFPA's clinic.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>55.3% of our clients were not using contraceptive methods before abortion. At the end of the one year, 75.9% of our followed-up clients revealed that they were using one of the modern contraceptive methods. There was no woman with IUD before induced abortion. At the end of one year 124 (52.3%) women had IUD. "A modern method was introduced immediately after abortion" was the most important factor increasing modern method usage.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our results advocate that post-abortion counseling may be an effective tool to increase the usage of contraceptives. Improved and more qualified post-abortion family planning counseling should be an integral part of abortion services.</p

Multiple logistic regression analysis of RHC characteristics that might influence patient satisfaction.

Multiple logistic regression analysis of RHC characteristics that might influence patient satisfaction.</p

S1 Questionnaire -

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Patient satisfaction with the RHC services, by demographic characteristic.

Patient satisfaction with the RHC services, by demographic characteristic.</p

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.</p

Sample distribution by province and type of RHC.

Sample distribution by province and type of RHC.</p

Pandemic (H1N1) influenza in Diyarbakir, 2009

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the pandemic (H1N1) influenza outbreak in 2009. Method: Influenza like illness (ILI) cases were reported between the 36th to 53rd weeks of the pandemic, from all health centres. 731 nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from ILI cases. Results: The first H1N1 confirmed case was reported at the 36th week and an increasing trend continued. At the 43rd week the outbreak reached its maximum level and at the 53rd week the level had decreased to the level at the start. During the outbreak 31117 cases were reported as ILI and 635 cases were hospitalized (hospitalization rate was 2.0%) and 17 H1N1 laboratory confirmed cases died (mortality rate 11.5/1.000.000). Symptoms of laboratory confirmed cases were similar to seasonal influenza. Coughing (90.9%), fever (84.5%), running nose (69.5%), headache (73.4%), diarrhoea (17.5%) were the some of the symptoms in laboratory confirmed cases. The median interval between the onset of symptoms and hospital admission was 3.5 days (min: 1, max: 11 days) and this was 7.5 days for the occurrence of death. Conclusion: During 36th to 53rd week an important outbreak of ILI was occurred. The mortality rate was not so high as expected but the infectivity was high. The delay for hospital admission may lead to higher mortality particularly for pregnant women.Key Words: Pandemic influenza; H1N1; case fatality rate; hospitalization rateDiyarbakır’da pandemik (H1N1) influenza, 2009Amaç: Bu çalışmada 2009 yılında -Türkiye’de pandemik influenza salgınını değerlendirmek amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Diyarbakır ’da 36 ve 53. haftalar arasında tüm sağlık kuruluşlarından influenza benzeri hastalık rapor edilmiştir. 731 nazofaringeal sürüntü alınmıştır. Bulgular: İlk H1N1 doğrulanmış vaka 36.haftada rapor edilmiştir ve vaka sayıları zaman içinde artış göstermiştir. 43. haftada salgın başlamış ve 53. haftada başlangıç düzeyine inmiştir.Salgın sırasında 31117 vaka grip benzeri hastalık olarak raporlanmış, 635 vaka hastaneye yatmış (hastaneye yatış hızı %2.0) ve laboratuvar olarak doğrulanmış 17 vaka ölmüştür (ölüm hızı milyonda 11.5). Laboratuvar olarak doğrulanmış vakaların semptomları mevsimsel influenza ile benzerlik  göstermiştir. Laboratuvar olarak doğrulanmış vakaların bazı semptomları öksürük (%90.9), ateş (%84.5), burun akıntısı (%69.5), baş ağrısı (%73.4) ve ishal (%17.5) olmuştur. Semptomların başlaması ile hastaneye başvuru suresi ortancası 3.5 gün (en az:1, en çok:11 gün), ölüm süresi ortancası ise 7.5 gündür. Sonuç: Diyarbakır’da 36 ve 53. haftalar arasında önemli bir grip benzeri hastalık salgını yaşanmıştır. Mortalite hızı beklenildiği kadar fazla olmamakla birlikte, bulaştırıcılık hızı yüksektir. Hastane başvurularındaki gecikme özellikle gebe kadınlarda ölüme yol açmış olabilir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Pandemik influenza; H1N1, vaka ölüm hızı, hastaneye yatma hızı</p