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Community-based distribution of misoprostol for early abortion: evaluation of a program along the Thailand–Burma border
Abstract
Background Although abortion is legal in Thailand for a number of indications, women from Burma residing in Thailand are rarely able to access safe services. We evaluated the outcomes of a community-based distribution program that provides migrant, refugee, and cross-border women from Burma with evidence-based information about and access to misoprostol for early pregnancy termination. Methods After determination of eligibility based on self-report and counseling, trained Network members instructed women to vaginally administer two 800-mcg doses of misoprostol 24 h apart and a third dose one week later, if needed. We systematically reviewed data from monitoring logbooks recorded over a three-year period to examine pregnancy outcomes. We also conducted in-depth open-ended interviews with the three leaders of the two Networks to understand better their perceptions and experiences as providers and counselors. We analyzed logbook data using descriptive statistics and interviews for content and themes using both deductive and inductive techniques. Results From January 2012 through December 2014, 918 women received early abortion care using misoprostol through the community-based distribution program. Of these, 885 women (96.4%) were not pregnant at follow-up, 29 were pregnant at follow-up (3.2%), and four women were lost to follow-up (0.4%). Our interviews revealed that providers are motivated to participate due to concerns surrounding unsafe abortion in the community and frame th…
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Other camps along the border recorded access to misoprostol.
“Other camps along the border recorded access to misoprostol (Foster et al., 2017).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Foster, A. M., Arnott, G., & Hobstetter, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Corresponding author
- Foster, Angel M.
- Venue
- Contraception
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 242-247
- ISSN
- 0010-7824 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2646973615
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 5.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Contraception (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Keywords
- misoprostol, first-trimester abortion, community-based distribution, safe abortion access, Thai-Myanmar border, unsafe abortion, pregnancy outcomes, abortion providers, resource-limited settings, conflict-affected settings
- MeSH terms
- Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal, Abortion, Induced, Administration, Intravaginal, Myanmar, Counseling, Delivery of Health Care, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Refugees, Thailand, Transients and Migrants, Misoprostol, Treatment Outcome
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