Clients’ Perception Of Comprehensive Abortion Care At La General Hospital In Accra

Introduction: Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) service is aimed at providing safe abortion and post abortion care in order to reduce the risks associated with unsafe abortion. The main objective of this study was to explore clients’ perceptions of CAC at the La General Hospital.

Method: This was a qualitative study using In-depth interviews to explore clients’ perception of CAC among women who visited the CAC unit of the La General Hospital. The participants were purposively selected and interviewed upon exiting from the facility. In all, 21 participants were

conveniently selected for the study.

Results: The results indicated that participants sought CAC service for safe termination of their pregnancy, treatment of incomplete abortion and treatment of intrauterine fetal death. Overall, the participants were satisfied with the CAC service received at the R3M unit. They all admitted that they were treated with politeness and courtesy by the nurses, midwives and the medical doctors at the facility. Most of the participants also expressed satisfaction with the pre-abortion family planning counselling and pain management by the medical personnel during the abortion procedure. However, a few of them complained about inadequate information on family planning during the pre-service counselling. Three main barriers to the utilization of CAC service identified were the lack of financial access due to unemployment, inadequate knowledge on where to locate CAC service facilities and the fear of being stigmatized, should they be seen accessing the service by relatives, neighbours and friends.

Conclusion: The study concluded that there is the need for information on the availability of CAC service in the various health facilities to be provided at the community level and in schools. The Ghana Health Service need to provide more CAC service units in various healthcare facilities across the country.

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KYEREH-DARKWAH, J (2021). Clients’ Perception Of Comprehensive Abortion Care At La General Hospital In Accra. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/clients-perception-of-comprehensive-abortion-care-at-la-general-hospital-in-accra

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KYEREH-DARKWAH, JENNIFER "Clients’ Perception Of Comprehensive Abortion Care At La General Hospital In Accra" Afribary. Afribary, 15 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/clients-perception-of-comprehensive-abortion-care-at-la-general-hospital-in-accra. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.

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KYEREH-DARKWAH, JENNIFER . "Clients’ Perception Of Comprehensive Abortion Care At La General Hospital In Accra". Afribary, Afribary, 15 Apr. 2021. Web. 20 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/clients-perception-of-comprehensive-abortion-care-at-la-general-hospital-in-accra >.

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KYEREH-DARKWAH, JENNIFER . "Clients’ Perception Of Comprehensive Abortion Care At La General Hospital In Accra" Afribary (2021). Accessed April 20, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/clients-perception-of-comprehensive-abortion-care-at-la-general-hospital-in-accra

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