Martins DC, Silva GMD, Ribeiro BMDSS, Pesce GB, Fernandes CAM. Abortion in women partners of inmates: prevalence and associated factors.
Rev Gaucha Enferm 2021;
42:e20200429. [PMID:
34878020 DOI:
10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200429]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To analyze factors and behaviors associated with the prevalence of abortion in female partners of prisoners.
METHODS
Descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach carried out with 349 women of inmates in three penitentiaries in the State of Paraná. For data collection, it was used validated instrument BSSB - Brazilian Study on Sexual Behavior. Descriptive analyzes were processed, and through the Chi-square test, the occurrence of abortion and the researched variables were associated.
RESULTS
(38.3%) of the women reported abortion throughout their lives, there was an association between women under the age of 30 (p=<0.001), who reported smoking (p=<0.044), not using condoms (p=<0.001), who suffered sexual violence (p = <0.050) and who reported a diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections (p=<0.001).
CONCLUSION
The present study showed associated factors for high prevalence of abortion in women partners of inmates. Abortion is considered an important public health problem and needs to be treated with priority by public health policies in different population groups.
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