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Interval sterilizations : A substitute for postpartum procedures, an example from Southeast Brazil

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  • Janowitz, Barbara
  • Covington, Deborah L.
  • Brown, Michael
  • Nakamura, Milton

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From December 1979 to February 1980, data were collected on access to postpartum sterilization for all obstetric patients at a large maternity hospital in Campinas, Brazil. Of the 827 women wanting no additional children and having knowledge of sterilization, 481 (58%) reported that they wanted to be sterilized. Of these women, 226 (47%) were sterilized postpartum. One year following their deliveries, follow-up forms were administered to the women desiring sterilization, but who had not been sterilized postpartum, to determine if they had been sterilized over the course of the year. Only 13% of the women had been sterilized, but almost 75% of the women not sterilized said they were still interested in getting sterilized. Of the women interviewed, 18% either had become pregnant again since the initial survey or were currently pregnant.

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  • Janowitz, Barbara & Covington, Deborah L. & Brown, Michael & Nakamura, Milton, 1982. "Interval sterilizations : A substitute for postpartum procedures, an example from Southeast Brazil," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 16(22), pages 1979-1983, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:16:y:1982:i:22:p:1979-1983
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