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O O Adetoro1, A B Babarinsa, O S Sotiloye.
Abstract
One hundred and ninety-two adolescents (aged 12-18 years) with septic illicit abortions were interviewed to assess socio-cultural factors associated with illegally induced septic abortions at Ilorin, Nigeria. They were mostly unmarried schoolgirls who were ignorant of contraception. Inadequate parental supervision contributed largely to unplanned pregnancies, while poor economic state of these patients influenced the occurrence of illegal septic abortions. Wide-spread availability of an acceptable family-life education, with improved socio-economic state of the adolescents would most probably reduce the socio-cultural factors favouring illicit septic induced abortions in this community.Entities:
Keywords: Abortion, Illegal; Abortion, Induced; Abortion, Septic; Adolescent Pregnancy; Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Culture--changes; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Education; English Speaking Africa; Extended Family--changes; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Family Planning Education; Fertility; Fertility Control, Postconception; Geographic Factors; Interviews; Kap Surveys; Methodological Studies; Needs; Nigeria; Obstacles; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy Complications; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Studies; Surveys; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Western Africa; Youth
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1908623
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Afr J Med Med Sci ISSN： 0309-3913