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3992610

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
In 1980, a study to determine interest in and access to sterilization for females was initiated at two Ministry of Health hospitals in Honduras. Results of the baseline study showed that 42 percent of women desiring sterilization from the Tegucigalpa hospital and 21 percent from the San Pedro Sula hospital had had a tubal ligation. A second study was conducted two years later, following up the interested but unsterilized women from the baseline study. Results show that 33 percent of women in the Tegucigalpa group, compared to 15 percent in the San Pedro Sula group, had been sterilized. Part of this difference can be attributed to an increase in sterilization facilities in Tegucigalpa over the two years after the baseline study was conducted. Among the major reasons women gave for not having been sterilized were financial and time constraints. Over the two-year period, the authors estimate that, of women interested in sterilization at delivery, 52 percent in total were sterilized in Tegucigalpa and 29 percent in San Pedro Sula.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0039-3665
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
106-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:otherAbstract
PIP: In 1980, a study to determine interest in and access to sterilization for females was initiated at 2 Ministry of Health hospitals in Honduras. Results of the baseline study showed that 42% of women desiring sterilization from the Tegucigalpa hospital and 21% from San Pedro Sula hospital had had a tubal ligation. A 2nd study was conducted 2 years later, following up the interested but unsterilized women from the baseline study. Results show that 33% of women in the Tegucigalpa group, compared to 15% in the San Pedro Sula group, had been sterilized. Part of this difference can be attributed to an increase in sterilization facilities in Tegucigalpa over the 2 years after the baseline study was conducted. Among the reasons women gave for not having been sterilized were financial and time constraints. Over the 2-year period, the authors estimate that, of women interested in sterilization at delivery, 52% in total were sterilized in Tegucigalpa and 29% in San Pedro Sula. Results show that in Honduras as elsewhere in Latin America, obstacles to sterilization exist in the form of cost, travel time and family-related constraints. Institutional requirements and availability of facilities also creat barriers for clients. Fear of surgery was not a very important reason for not getting sterilized among women in the baseline study, only those who said they still wanted to be sterilized were interviewed for the 1982 study. The fees for sterilization are US$17.15 at Materno Infantil (or blood can be given instead) and US$10.0 at Leonardo Martinez and Centro Medico Quirurgico, but financial help is available for women who cannot pay. A new study will be carried out in Tegucigalpa to determine the impact of the various changes aimed at improving access to sterilization there. Programs to be studied include the availability of new facilities to provide postpartum sterilization at Materno Infantil and the provision of travel money and additional facilities that make it easier for a women to complete sterilization requirements at Centro Medico Quirurgico.
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pubmed:articleTitle
Why women don't get sterilized: a follow-up of women in Honduras.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.