Reference. | Country. | Focus of study. | Type of study. | Sample. | Population. |
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Smith SS. The Challenges Procuring of Safe Abortion Care in Botswana. African journal of reproductive health. 2013; 17(4). | Botswana. | Factors that make terminating an unwanted pregnancy difficult. | Semi structured interviews. | n = 21 | Women and 4 men from the community, 1 human rights lawyer and 1 gynecologist. |
Ouédraogo R, Sundby J. Social determinants and access to induced abortion in Burkina Faso: from two case studies. Obstetrics and gynecology international. 2014; 2014. | Burkina Faso. | Social determinants of the type of clandestine abortion women are likely to access and the time taken to effective abortion. | Review of cases from in-depth interviews. | n = 2 | Women in post-abortion care. |
Hung SL. Access to safe and legal abortion for teenage women from deprived backgrounds in Hong Kong. Reprod Health Matter. 2010; 18(36): 102-10. | Hong Kong, China* | Experience of teenage women from deprived backgrounds who looks for an abortion. | In depth interviews and focus groups. | n = 29 | Young women from deprived backgrounds seeking abortion. |
Schwandt HM, Creanga AA, Adanu RM, Danso KA, Agbenyega T, Hindin MJ. Pathways to unsafe abortion in Ghana: the role of male partners, women and health care providers. Contraception. 2013; 88(4): 509-17. | Ghana. | Pathways to unsafe abortion and the role male partners and health care providers. | In-depth interviews and 3 focus groups. | n = 58 | Female post-abortion patients with complications of unsafe abortion, male partners, family planning nurses and obstetricians/gynecologists. |
Aniteye P, Mayhew SH. Shaping legal abortion provision in Ghana: using policy theory to understand provider-related obstacles to policy implementation. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2013; 11(1):23. | Ghana. | Reasons for poor implementation of the abortion policy. | In depth Interviews. | n = 76 | Health professionals (Ob/gyn, midwives, pharmacists and other) |
Potdar P, Barua A, Dalvie S, Pawar A. “If a woman has even one daughter, I refuse to perform the abortion”: Sex determination and safe abortion in India. Reprod Health Matter. 2015; 23(45): 114-25. | India. | Interactions of private medical practitioners with the regulatory machinery and reasons for refusal to provide abortion services. | In depth interviews. | n = 19 | Gynecologists. |
Tong WT, Low WY, Wong YL, Choong SP, Jegasothy R. Exploring pregnancy termination experiences and needs among Malaysian women: A qualitative study. BMC public health. 2012; 12(1): 743. | Malaysia. | Experiences of women and needs with regard to abortion. | Semi structured interviews. | n = 31 | Women who had previous abortions. |
Puri M, Lamichhane P, Harken T, Blum M, Harper CC, Darney PD, et al. “Sometimes they used to whisper in our ears”: health care workers’ perceptions of the effects of abortion legalization in Nepal. BMC public health. 2012; 12(1): 297. | Nepal. | Health care workers’ views of abortion legalization. | In depth interviews. | n = 35 | Health care workers. |
Harries J, Stinson K, Orner P. Health care providers' attitudes towards termination of pregnancy: A qualitative study in South Africa. BMC public health. 2009; 9(1): 296. | South Africa | Knowledge, attitudes and opinions of health service providers. | In depth interviews and focus groups. | n = 34 | Health care workers related to abortion provision. |
Gallo MF, Nghia NC. Real life is different: a qualitative study of why women delay abortion until the second trimester in Vietnam. Soc Sci Med. 2007; 64(9): 1812-22. | Vietnam. | Determinants of delaying obtaining abortion until the second trimester. | Semi structured interviews. | n = 66 | Women looking for second-trimester abortion and abortion providers. |