The availability of emergency contraception from family health centers in Turkey

dc.authoridO'Neil, Mary Lou/0000-0003-3681-9520
dc.authoridAldanmaz, Bahar/0000-0002-2006-8219
dc.contributor.authorO'Neil, Mary Lou
dc.contributor.authorAldanmaz, Bahar
dc.contributor.authorAltuntas, Deniz
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T15:11:41Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T15:11:41Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.department-temp[O'Neil, Mary Lou; Altuntas, Deniz] Kadir Has Univ, Gender & Womens Studies Res Ctr, TR-34083 Istanbul, Turkey; [Aldanmaz, Bahar] Boston Univ, Dept Sociol, Boston, MA 02215 USAen_US
dc.description.abstractReproductive health care, including contraception, is a fundamental aspect of any public health care system and it is important to reduce barriers to access to all forms of contraception, including emergency contraception. In recent years, the rhetoric of pronatalism in Turkey has come to dominate and raises questions about the availability of reproductive health care services, in particular contraception, from state run facilities. This study aimed to determine the availability of dedicated emergency contraception (EC) from government run Family Health Centers (FHCs) in Turkey. In 2019, a team of trained researchers called a random sample of 583 FHCs located in the largest cities in twelve regions across Turkey asking for dedicated EC. Dedicated EC is largely unavailable from government supported FHCs. Only 6.1% stated that they provided EC while 53.8% stated that it was not available and that they could provide no alternative. A further 28.3% declared that they could provide an alternative to dedicated EC that almost always consisted of oral contraceptives. We found statistically significant variations in response rate and availability among cities as well as the rate of referral to pharmacies. There is little access to EC from government sponsored health clinics designated to provide family planning services, which hinders access to an essential reproductive health care service that should be available to women everywhere.en_US
dc.identifier.citation3
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.04.006en_US
dc.identifier.endpage721en_US
dc.identifier.issn0168-8510
dc.identifier.issn1872-6054
dc.identifier.issue7en_US
dc.identifier.pmid35484012en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85130057929en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage715en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.04.006
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5171
dc.identifier.volume126en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000814817500015en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.khas20231019-WoSen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ireland Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofHealth Policyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCare ProvidersEn_Us
dc.subjectKnowledgeEn_Us
dc.subjectAttitudesEn_Us
dc.subjectRightsEn_Us
dc.subjectPharmacistsEn_Us
dc.subjectAbortionEn_Us
dc.subjectAccessEn_Us
dc.subjectStateEn_Us
dc.subjectCare Providers
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectAttitudes
dc.subjectRights
dc.subjectEmergency contraceptionen_US
dc.subjectPharmacists
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectAbortion
dc.subjectDelivery of health careen_US
dc.subjectAccess
dc.subjectFamily planningen_US
dc.subjectState
dc.subjectservicesen_US
dc.titleThe availability of emergency contraception from family health centers in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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