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| . She was cooperative and provided reasons for all her percentage estimations |
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| . Smartkey organisation, |
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| 1.Is knowledgeable on abortion and reproductive health issues. She emphasised on the training of use of family planning rather than abortion. 2. Point of abortion making other people sick, she raised the point of spread of STIs as women who ab |
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| 1.The respondent noted that Doctors, Nurses and other trained health professionals wouldn't give other types of abortion methods 2. She also noted that traditional and informal sources would majorly only give information on where to get medic |
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| 1.Treatment rate in some cases reported to be low due to stigma. 2.Stigma rate among non poor women in rural is high, which prevents them from accessing health services. 3.1st trimester Treatment rate is high than 2nd trimester due to extreme p |
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| A very active participant with lots of stories on how women suffer as a result of unsafe abortions in the country. He gave an example of an incident in India where abortion is legally permitted by the government. He said that pharmacists proba |
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| A very knowledgeable participant. |
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| A very knowledgeable participan. She said that even the poor will seek medication from a facility. In rural areas, she noted that the number of doctors is very low, and the rural non poor will always be after care. |
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| A very knowledgeable participant. |
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| A very knowledgeable participant. She mentioned that as a programmes manager and a lawyer too, most of her answers were informed by he expertise. |
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| According to Dr. Charles, none of the non poor women in urban areas will opt for other methods of abortion as both the surgical and medication abortion is easily accessible in the urban settings. Also none of them will opt for other methods |
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| According to Florence, none of both the poor and the non poor women in urban and rural areas will opt for surgical abortion as none of health facilities induces abortion, at least for public hospitals and none of private hospitals that she has |
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| According to Phoebe, complications resulting from other methods of abortion and done by traditional Providers is minimal compared to other providers because of the experience they have. |
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| According to Rebecca, there will be no complication rate as a result of surgical abortion performed by a nurse but a 2% complication rate as a result of surgical abortion performed by doctors because the nurses are well trained and are very k |
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| According to her in rural setup women in both classes(poor and Non poor) Mainly seek services from Nurses since the number of doctors in Rural is small and not easily accessible. |
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| According to her, Bomet County( Rural set up)have a 40percent of women delivering in health facility because most of them trust their mother in laws and the TBAs in the community. |
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| All rural women in West Pokot County believe in traditional methods to induce an abortion. Majority of the rural poor and non-poor women deliver at home by use of TBAs. |
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| All urban non poor women who experience a complication due to surgical abortion go for aftercare treatment regardless of whether the treatment was successful. Non-poor rural women do not use medication abortion instead they use surgical and o |
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| Although he was slow on answering but he was acurate and gave estimates with good explanations He had referrals although he didn't have their contact since they don't have phones as of now |
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| Answers were mostly given from his perception of both observations and practice(provisionof PACservices) |
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| As much as he had information on abortion and post Abortion,he was very reserved to give out information I had to assure him of his confidentiality but he was hesitant. In question 1.2 on background information he refused to give his age saying |
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| As per Gitau, The non poor in urban will have low medical complications because they will definitely go for the best service providers due to the financial muscle. |
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| As to Caroline, non poor women in rural and urban who have other types of abortion, asmall portion will go to a health facility for treatment after complication due to stigma for using cheap substances to induce abortion regardless of their fin |
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| Assistant chief nurse, the chief nurse is on leave |
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| Based on the responses, there has been a training done through the CHVs to sentize the community on surgical and medication abortion hence a higher probability of the rural por accessing the services just like the rich. |
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| COOPERATIVE |
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| Chv was trained on stigma reduction on abortion |
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| Community still belief that induced pregnancy should be prohibited |
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| Complications in the rural areas especially among the poor is high, this is because its characterised by other factors I.e diet, literacy level among others. Some women don't follow prescription. What I found interesting is that some tradition |
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| Doctors and nurses who use other methods of abortion complications rate is high because they don't know the procedure well. |
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| Doctors do not offer medication abortion to all rural women instead its mostly done by nurses/midwives/other trained professionals according to the participants opinion. |
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| From a lawyers perspective and a community representation the respondent is highly knowledgeable |
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| From participants responses you could tell that all women will seek medication at health facilities after any complications. |
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| From the respondent's answers, you could tell that even as a gynaecologist, he has little interest in abortion methods. He said that the clinical officers and MOs are the right people to get much content from, unlike him who only provide PAC se |
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| Galgallo believes that no poor woman in urban area will go for medication abortion in the pharmacy due to fear of being noted. A larger percentage would rather go to private hospitals to be induced, and a larger percentage of health professiona |
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| Good interview Most people prefer nurses because they are cheaper compared to the Doctors Nurses also do the other methods I.e use oxytocin, tubes to induce abortion and there was a case of one who used a stick. |
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| HIGHLY KNOWLEDGEABLE |
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| Had better understanding of abortion in Rural |
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| Had to end the interview due to time limit. She had a class to teach and said she is unable to reschedule the interview. She however answered the urban category and the stigma questions. |
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| He is the Chairman Midwives Association of Kenya |
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| He says in poor urban, and general rural set up, many women will go for Nurses unlike doctors in both Surgical and Medical abortion because they are first contact, also they can still offer services but with cheap prices. In urban non-poor Th |
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| Knowledge Informant |
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| Knowledgeable TBA. She conducts home deliveries before sending her patients to the nearest health facility. She's also aware of some of the private clinics where women procure abortions |
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| Knowledgeable informant |
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| Knowledgeable informant who gave various reasons for the percentages given. According to her, the county no longer has TBAs |
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| Knowledgeable informant. She gave reasons for the low percentages representation. For instance Q3.4 She cited stigma associated with abortion that hinder health seeking behavior |
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| Knowledgeable respondent especially on misoprostol use among women in urban areas |
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| Knowledgeable respondent especially when it comes to health seeking behaviors among women in rural areas. |
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| Knowledgeable respondent. Gave the right perspectives especially urban women and their health seeking behaviors. He cited cost a major hindrance that leads women to choose other methods of abortion and also the issue of privacy in Q3.6 |
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| Knowledgeable respondent. She gave a good account of health seeking behaviors especially reproductive health among women in her community |
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| Knowledgeable respondent. She has encountered a few clients inquiring about abortificients at her pharmacy. Some with complications after getting wrong doses of cytotec from other pharmacists |
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| Knows a lot about matters abortion. A clarification on the use of medical abortion. She indicated that as much as women in both rural and urban set ups would get medication from informal sources they would still visit a pharmacy. |
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| Leila is highly knowledgeable on abortion and Post abortion Complications in Kilifi County. She is the founder and director of The Youth Voices and Action Initiative (YVAI), an organisation that targets youths on matters sexual and reproductive |
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| MOH- Doctor. |
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| Majority of the urban poor will go for other methods a d none will go for surgical..reason being surgical is expensive and they can't afford. The urban non poor will mostly go to the doctors for surgical abortion the few who will go to nurses w |
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| Marie stops eldoret branch |
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| Medication abortion is rarely available in health centres in rural Turkana so it's rarely used as a method of abortion unlike the surgical method whereby the MVA kits are distributed in the rural health centres by the ministry of health. Doctor |
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| More knowledgeable about abortion in rural areas |
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| Most maternal deaths are from the urban poor in kisumu, majority die at home and the few who come to the hospital present with sepsis. The urban non poor prefer D&C under sedation and nurses rarely do it which makes doctors the providers. The |
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| Most women go back to the facilities for further help and management because of distress and majority are always taken by relatives. |
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| Most women go for medication abortion then proceed to the hospital for further help. Traditional providers also use misoprotol for abortion. |
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| Mr. Newton had the opinion that poor women in both urban and rural areas, unless as post abortion care from complications resulting from the other two methods. This is because of their limited resources and accessibility to health professiona |
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| Non poor rural women in Turkana county use surgical methods of abortion more than the medication abortion because MVA kits are supplied by KEMSA in the rural facilities unlike misoprostol and the combi-pack which are unavailable. Traditional pr |
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| None |
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| Nurse Maternity/Women Ward Respondent says that since the availability of cytotec in pharmacy and hospitals, cases of abortion are on the rise. |
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| Nurse in Charge Maternity Ward Knowledgeable in abortion care. Few interruptions to cater to patients |
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| On the use of other méthods thèse women Who will reçoive from nurses will complications |
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| Points to note; 1 The interviewer said that every Intervention must have it's negative sides or complications hence the high percentage in complications when it comes to doctors and nurses. 2 The poor will have complications and it may be attr |
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| Points to note; The trend of poor urban women is they prefer the pharmacy as the primary health providers. The complications is high among nurses because they have different experiences and most at times the patients just go for any nurse regar |
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| Poor rural women only use other methods of abortion. |
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| Referred to another gynaecologist because the other one was busy. |
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| Repondent insisted He cannot tell whoever conducts abortion and could not allocate percertage on the complications conducted by the five sources but he is aware of 90 to 95 percentage Who complications will seek treatment at the health center o |
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| Respondent was coming from a seminar in Nakuru and we travelled together from Nairobi.we reached voi at 3:30 upon arrival she insisted that we can continue with the interview because we were in a cafeteria together. She was very knowledgeabl |
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| Respondent could get about the percentage but after helping her do the maths it became easy her to give out figures. |
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| Respondent gave Doctors and Nurses 0 chances of complications in all categories, To her she says because they went to school and read she doesn't expect complications unlike the traditional Birth attendance whom she says most of them is a gift |
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| Respondent is representing pastroralist girls initiative |
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| Respondent is the one responsible for all post abortion care in their hospital.he said that most complications held by nurses are minimal because most of them are trained on the method of abortion |
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| Respondent is the only nurse working in 4 villages of lamu West and deals with alot of post abortion services within the region |
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| Respondent mentioned that most birth companions in his area have been identified hence easily get direct referrals from these TBAs (to avoid further complications). Equally works at private sector as well. |
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| Respondent thinks chances of complications for nurses are lower because they are given a lot of training on how to handle abortion cases infection prevention. Other knowledgeable people 1-Trufena Hajila-subchief phone 0712072591 2-Hassan Roba |
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| Respondent was very negative on this issue on abortion, he was reluctant in giving his answers |
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| Respondents is highly knowledgeable and is based in the hospital facility with access to other NGO opportunities that work directly with community like Ipas, USAID etc. |
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| SWOP Korogocho |
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| She had referrals although no phone numbers,so I didn't see the need to take the names |
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| She is the CRHC Makueni County. |
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| She is the county Reproductive Health cordinator. |
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| She is very knowledgeable about abortion |
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| She is well informed about abortion among women living in her community |
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| She says in rural poor no women will go for Surgical methods because its expensive and the doctors are very few. Also rural nonpoor mostly will go for Nurses for the Surgical abortion because of the availability of Nurses unlike the doctors. |
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| She says that small percentage of women will seek treatment when they use other methods to procure abortion because they fear questions since it can easily be noticed they procured abortion because of what they use, she says complications are |
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| She was asking if the organisation can start byy educating the parents about abortion because they are the main course of it since the early marriage in the society and incest is at an alarming rate |
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| She's very knowledgeable, she will send me her referrals number |
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| Stigma among non poor in rural is high, preventing them from going for treatment in case of complications |
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| Stigma is considered as the main deterrence towards seeking health care services. For the patients who seek pac services from TP and informal sources still end up in a pharmacy or a private clinic ran by a nurse or a CO. |
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| Suhaila Abdulrajab |
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| TBA is knowledgeable on induced but she always refers abortion cases to a health facility |
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| The CHP was a knowledge person and he said the Rich women in the rural areas are always very reserved, they will not go to the pharmacy to buy abortion medication. He also said most nurses usually do follow up in the rural areas and that is wh |
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| The CRHC is also a nurse by profession. He has lived in a rural area all his life and has worked in both the rural and urban areas. He is very knowledgeable on isssues of abortion. He however claims that the opinion given is based on heresay an |
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| The Chief Nurse says that many women in poor rural will go for Nurses/Midwifes because: 1. Doctors are less in rural 2. Nurses can flex the amount they charge unlike doctors who can flex. So, in both Surgical and Medical abortion they will op |
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| The assistant chief confirmed that most of abortion in urban poor are mostly done by the private pharmacist |
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| The chv said that there are a lot of illegal abortion that are done behind the curtain |
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| The doctor said that in the rural women prefer medication abortion and in the urban they prefer surgical abortion . |
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| The interview had to stop at some point because the respondent had many phone calls |
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| The interview took more hours because of breaks in between. |
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| The interview took very long since we were taking so many breaks. The provider is very knowledgeable about abortion. |
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| The interview was interrupted by rain for a while |
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| The interview went well. |
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| The interviewee was informative |
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| The lnterviewee is a very knowledgeable respondent, she was calm and explained all her answers. (CRHC KISII) |
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| The organisation does much on advocacy and awareness creation on abortion |
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| The organisation is into advocating for safe abortion hence responses are based more on evidence on the ground. |
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| The organization are being trained by Marie stops on abortion |
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| The participant has been a full-time TBA and has never done any other job. Both rural and non-poor rural women of West Pokot county believe in and use traditional methods of abortion. |
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| The participant is very knowledgeable |
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| The participant was very interactive. She said most non poor women in both poor and non poor women will not have much time to visit a health facility so the are likely to develop a complication. Unlike the poor ones who have networks and if i |
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| The participant was very knowledgeable. He mentioned there are some pharmacist offer surgical though illegally. This category should have been included in persons providing surgical abortion. |
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| The participants is very knowledgeable. Most of induced abortion among young people are facilitated by parents and close relatives. The participant mentioned he acted as a HIV testing counselor in ingeneer County hospital. Where he got traine |
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| The perticipant said that when a doctor gives surgical abortion to poor women in urban areas, less caution is taken because they are aware that these women will come back to them for PAC services. He added that most doctors are afraid to offer |
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| The pharmacist says in rural areas; Most of the women seeking for Surgical abortion will end up done by the nurses because the availability of doctors in rural areas is so minimal. Hence Nurses and MOs are the main people who are found easily. |
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| The rate of complications from surgical abortions among non poor urban women and non poor rural women done by doctors is minimal at 1% because of the keenness and professionalism compared to those performed by other medical professionals. The n |
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| The rate of surgical abortions complications in the urban poor women is higher than in the rural poor women,as there is no time to rest for recovery due to the busy urban life where one has to hustle to provide for the family. |
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| The respondent agreed to be interviewed but remain anonymous. He is a clinician working with an NGO. |
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| The respondent cited lack of proper training(different surgical methods) for some of the medical providers that could contribute to increased complications. According to him he also believes we have trained medical providers who would give othe |
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| The respondent cited stigma related to abortion as the main hindrance to health seeking behavior among women |
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| The respondent complained that the questionnaire was too long |
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| The respondent gave justification for most of her responses. -She noted that most rural women avoid getting abortion services from traditional providers due to fear of loss of confidentiality and stigma. This is because in most cases, these a |
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| The respondent had a fixed schedule, but she sacrificed time for the interview |
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| The respondent had an opinion that surgical methods of abortions are very minimal. She also noted that the other methods of abortions are provided only by traditional providers and from informal sources, and not by doctors or nurses. |
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| The respondent had knowledge in occurrence of abortion especially in the rural areas. She gave her best estimates regarding urban settings and was very quick to learn the interview flow |
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| The respondent has been in administrative roles in health for over 15 years and is not aware of proportions and distribution of abortion methods or complications. He however insists that 'backstreet' abortions (other methods) are most commonly |
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| The respondent has high knowledge on the types of abortion and providers that offers induced abortion. He works as a clinician in a Faith Based Organisation. He has lived and worked in a rural area only for a year during his attachment period a |
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| The respondent has lived in both urban and (schooling) but has only worked in urban setting. She is currently working in the gynae ward and is also the deputy in charge of the Gynae ward. The respondent has low knowledge on methods of abortion |
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| The respondent has not worked in rural setting since becoming the RHC Nyeri. However, she is knowledgeable in abortion matters in Nyeri County,and from her experience as a nurse for 26 years. |
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| The respondent has spent most of his life in the urban areas thus had more knowledge in the urban areas as compared to the rural areas. He noted that most of the induced abortions are unsafe due to the secrecy with which they are done. Most c |
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| The respondent insisted that TBAs do not have access to medication abortion in rural areas in her region. Surgical abortions is only offered by nurses/midwives/other trained practitioners to both rural poor and rural non-poor women. The respond |
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| The respondent insisted that in the rural areas most hospitals don't have doctors and nurses perform the surgical and medical abortion which makes both the complications and treatment by nurses higher compared to doctors. |
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| The respondent is against traditional providers |
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| The respondent is highly knowledgeable given that she is a retired nurse too |
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| The respondent is highly knowledgeable being a former nurse and having also worked with ministry of health and right now heading the DAWOYE CBO(Daraja Women and Youth Empowerment). Still believes that rural health facility delivery is at low gi |
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| The respondent is highly knowledgeable on abortion and abortion Complications in his community. The respondent claims that there is a small negligible percentage for women in his community that opts for other method of abortion, although he is |
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| The respondent is highly knowledgeable on the issues or reproductive health including induced abortion in both urban and rural settings. On the Stigma Question that asks if a woman who had abortion can make other people sick or ill, out of curi |
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| The respondent is highly knowledgeable on the topic of sexual and reproductive health, abortion and Post abortion complication included. On Stigma Question 6.2 F, on whether a woman who has had abortion might encourage other women to induce abo |
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| The respondent is knowledgeable on induced abortion and Post abortion Complications in her community. The respondent gave out a lower percentage as the proportion of poor women in urban areas that will visit a health facility after experiencin |
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| The respondent is knowledgeable on sexual and reproductive health topic as well as on abortion Post abortion Complications in rural Coastal regions. However, she says that the topic ofabortion is not so common in her community thus a very litt |
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| The respondent is mostly aware about abortion practices in urban areas as compared to a rural set up. She however gave best estimates in a rural setting. Quite knowledgeable on pac services |
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| The respondent is much knowledgeable about the study |
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| The respondent is not knowledgeable in the use of Medication abortion, but gave the best estimates possible There was a lot of interruptions with phone calls |
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| The respondent is very knowledgeable about abortion in rural areas Kenya. Abortion and PAC services are free from Marie Stopes so many people in the village can access these services |
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| The respondent is very knowledgeable on abortion and Post abortion care. She has lived and worked in both the rural and urban setting. She is a nurse and has previously served as the SubCounty Health Reproductive Cordinator. On Section 3.10, |
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| The respondent is very knowledgeable on the types of abortion, provider methods and Post abortion Complications. She has lived in both the rural and urban areas but has only worked in an urban setting. The interview began on 8/09/2023 but due |
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| The respondent maintained that she had no knowledge about urban settings. Despite encouraging her to give her best estimates, she requested not to answer questions on urban areas. Her knowledge about abortions and misoprostol use in the rura |
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| The respondent noted that people in the poor rural get support from KMET through peer educators on use of misoprostal. It's an ongoing process/transition |
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| The respondent noted that there's been reported abuse on misoprostal use(OTC) in the county. She runs her private clinic as well and so equally works in private sector.Quite a long interview due to her other scheduled meetings. |
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| The respondent refused to give proportions even when asked for best estimates. Said that when they receive patients for post abortion care they don't ask where/ who do it. Also said he wouldn't be in a position to rate other professionals, in |
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| The respondent requested to be kept anonymous and she gave her answers based on the fact that they are being taught on safe abortion by IPAS. |
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| The respondent shared Nurses and other trained professionals are familiar with MVA procedures and administration of medical abortion hence have less errors that would lead to complications compared to doctors. |
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| The respondent spends equal time on private practice. We took a break and continued in the afternoon since there was an emergency. |
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| The respondent want to know if the study team coukd Focus on policy areas also, |
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| The respondent was hoping the questionnaire would address on skills and knowledge on how to induce the pregnancies Under the surgical we should add other drugs like fluids antibiotics and contraceptives. |
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| The respondent was keen and gave his best estimates for the abortion types, providers and complications |
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| The respondent was keen on estimates provision which came in handy.will avail the other 3 suggested participants email addresses ASAP.(RHC) |
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| The respondent was receptive and shown good knowledge in abortion issues in Kenya. She explained reasons for her responses in most cases. |
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| The respondent was resourceful. He noted the following: 1. A number of abortions are happening secretly mostly aided by professionals outside the health facilities 2. Some Health facilities usually interfere with the hospital birth statistic |
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| The respondent was very busy had to wait for her to serve clients |
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| The respondent was very cooperative. He had high knowledge about medication about and gave most of his percentage estimates with supporting reasons. |
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| The respondent was very keen and took time to answer questions. She had an emergency so we rescheduled for the next day to complete. she was requesting if value clarification section could be added to the knowledgeable participants and ask the |
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| The respondent was very knowledgeable about the survey. She did the calculations very accurately for both rural and urban and was sure for her answer |
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| The respondent was very knowledgeable. She said that most poor-urban women will avoid surgical abortion due to financial reasons, its availability as well as personal preference. Furthermore, she said that the non-poor are likely to use surgic |
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| The respondent was very resourceful. Took time to explain his responses and gave examples from experience. He noted that complications for doctors, nurses and other trained professionals are usually very minimal. This is because most women wh |
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| The respondent was well informed |
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| The respondents seems to know issues relating to abortion in her community |
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| The study participant has worked majorly in urban areas and thus did not have adequate knowledge about abortion in the rural areas. He requested that he cannot give any estimates with regards to the rural setting. |
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| The study respondent noted that complications for trained professionals are usually minimal. In addition, she noted that use of other types of abortion is limited in urban areas due to easy access to health facilities and professionals. |
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| The urban poor go for medication abortion mainly because it's easily accessible I.e misoprostal, rarely do they go for surgical its expensive. For medication abortion most start with others types of abortion then go for miso in the pharmacy. |
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| There are no surgical abortions in both rural poor and rural non-poor women in West pokot county. Rural poor women rely on other methods of abortion. Nurses/midwives/other trained practitioners are the main source of medication abortion to non- |
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| This interview was being interpreted because of language barrier. The respondent seemed to have knowledge about induced abortions especially in the rural areas |
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| This interview was conducted by Hellen Nyagol. It took around 2 hrs with more than 40 min breaks in between. The respondent was very informed on abortion |
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| This interview was done on Friday and it roughly took 1 hour. I finalised it on Monday |
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| This is the Reproductive health cordinator machakos county |
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| This is Reproductive health coordinator Tharakanithi county..he insisted weather poor urban ,non poor urban,poor rural or non poor Å•ural when the complications arises at longlast women go for medication in health facilities |
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| This is TBA in the deep rural area of Nyamira County. The interview went well though she really struggled with urban abortion percentage estimates. |
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| This is a young youth leader, from the age of 17 to date. She gave her views based on her experiences as a youth and a counsellor for the community |
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| This is the gynaecologist machakos level 5 hospital. |
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| This respondent represents Amref He is very knowledgeable |
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| Traditional providers in town are informed and can provide medical abortion unlike the ones in the village. The interview take longer since the respondent felt the need to explain most of her responses and we took breaks in between |
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| Very cooperative and responsive |
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| Very informative knowledgeable informant |
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| Very informed |
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| Very informed respondent |
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| Very knowledgeable |
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| Very knowledgeable Informant. A few interruptions during the interview Poor Women in rural might be able to afford surgical abortion than in poor in urban. |
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| Very knowledgeable, interview done with no interruptions |
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| Very knowledgeable, shrugs Amua clinic in the rural pRt of Nyamira County |
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| Very knowledgeable. She mentioned that youth leaders are doing advocacy on abortion in the rural areas and this has made many rural women to embrace surgical abortion |
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| We went for many breaks due to nature of his job. |
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| Well informed on Post abortion cases |
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| as she said come from a financially stable background i.e mostly university/college students that are desperate to do away with pregnancy/pressure or fear of unknown and will always have the money ready. |
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Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
