Abortion practices among women in Buéa: a socio-legal investigation
| Autor: | Essimien Elizabeth Bessem Abanem, Mbuwir Charlotte Bongfen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject 030231 tropical medicine Developing country Shame Principle of legality Abortion Legal investigation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy medicine Global health Humans Cameroon 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomics Developing Countries laws reproductive and urinary physiology media_common business.industry Research Public health determinants Abortion Induced Fear General Medicine Abortion Criminal Cross-Sectional Studies Abortion Legal embryonic structures Female Legal abortion business |
| Zdroj: | The Pan African Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| DOI: | 10.11604/pamj.2019.32.146.17732 |
| Popis: | Introduction there are controversies surrounding the practice of abortion especially in developing countries of Africa. Cameroon is not an exception to this and hence this study aims at assessing knowledge on the awareness of abortion laws, the factors that determine abortion and people's perceptions on the legality of abortion in Cameroon. Methods the study is cross-sectional in its design. A total of 224 women were randomly sampled. Data for the study were collected through the use of questionnaires from the sampled women of child bearing age. These were used to assess knowledge on the awareness of abortion laws and the determinants of abortion. The data were analysed using STATA 15. Results the prevalence of induced abortion was 21%. The major determinants of abortion among these women were; desire to stay in school (28%), fear of parents (24%) and shame of being pregnant out of wedlock (26%). Furthermore, many women are not aware of the situations where abortion is allowed and hence some still undertake illegal abortions even when they find themselves in situations deserving a legal abortion. Conclusion induced abortion is still common in Buea, Cameroon despite the fact that it is illegal. Cameroon's legal and health system needs to work in harmony in order to lessen the legal processes of having a legal abortion. |
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