Abortion and Contraception
The following is a collection of published papers and articles related to abortion and contraception in Australia. To suggest additions for this listing please email : cersh-admin@unimelb.edu.au
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Abortion Research
Medical termination of pregnancy service delivery in the context of decentralization: social and structural influences
A. Hulme, S. Clune, J. Tomnay. International Journal for Equity in Health (2018) 17:172
Medical termination of pregnancy in general practice in Australia: a descriptive-interpretive qualitative study
A. Dawson, R. Nicolls, D. Bateson, A. Doab, J. Estoesta, A. Brassil and E. Sullivan. Reproductive Health (2017) 14:39
Towards comprehensive early abortion service delivery in high income countries: insights for improving universal access to abortion in Australia
A. Dawson, D. Bateson, J. Estoesta and E. Sullivan. BMC Health Services Research (2016) 16:612
Abortion law across Australia – A review of nine jurisdictions
C. de Costa, H. Douglas, J. Hamblin, P. Ramsay and M. Shircore. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2015; 55: 105–111.
How do women seeking abortion choose between surgical and medical abortion? Perspectives from abortion service providers.
D. Newton, C. Bayly, K. MCNamee, A. Hardiman, M. Bismark, A. Webster and L. Keogh
Abortion care at 20 weeks and over in Victoria: a thematic analysis of healthcare providers' experiences
M Malek, CS Homer, C McDonald, CM Hannon, P Moore & AN Wilson. (2024). BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 24(1), 112. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06299-0
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Abortion Research Cont.
The prevalence of and factors associated with prior induced abortion among women who gave birth in Victoria, 2019-2019
K Edvardsson, KI Black, D Bateson, WV Norman, M Shankar, L Hooker, X Li, AJ Taft (2024). https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52202
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Working with or against the system: Nurses' and midwives' process of providing abortion care in the context of gender-bases violence in Australia.
L Mainey, C O'mullan, K Reid-Searl. (2023). Journal of advanced nursing, 79(4), 1329–1341. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15226
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Reimagining medical abortion in Australia: what do we need to do to meet women's needs and ensure ongoing access?
D Mazza. (2023). The Medical journal of Australia, 218(11), 496–498. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51979
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Typologies of interactions between abortion seekers and healthcare workers in Australia: a qualitative study exploring the impact of stigma on quality of care.
S Makleff, M Belfrage, S Wickramasinghe, J Fisher, D Bateson, KI Black. (2023). BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 23(1), 646. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05902-0
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Co-design of a nurse-led model of care to increase access to medical abortion and contraception in rural and regional general practice: A protocol.
JE Moulton, D Mazza, J Tomnay, D Bateson, WV Norman, Black KI, AK Subasinghe. (2022). The Australian journal of rural health, 30(6), 876–883. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12937
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Effectiveness, safety and acceptability of a no-test medical abortion (termination of pregnancy) provided via telemedicine: a national cohort study.
A Aiken, PA Lohr, J Lord, J., N Ghosh, J Starling, J. (2021). BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 128(9), 1464–1474. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16668
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Barriers to abortion access in Australia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
R Sifris, T Penovic. (2021). Women's studies international forum, 86, 102470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2021.102470
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"We've got rights and yet we don't have access": Exploring patient experiences accessing medication abortion in Australia.
KJ LaRoche, LL Wynn, AM Foster, A. M. (2020). Contraception, 101(4), 256–260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2019.12.008
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Contraception Research
Unintended pregnancies: Reducing rates by improving access to contraception
Lucke J, Herbert D, Loxton D, Weisberg E. 40(11), Australian Family Physician 849
A review of barriers and myths preventing the more widespread use of intrauterine contraception in nulliparous women
Black K, Lotke P, Buhling K. J, Zite N. B.
Current barriers and potential strategies to increase the use of long‐acting reversible contraception (LARC) to reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies in Australia: An expert roundtable discussion
Mazza D., Bateson D., Frearson M., Goldstone P., Kovacs G., Baber R.
Online platforms for prescription and supply of hormonal contraception in Austrlia: a mapping review.
TB Stevenson, A Rumbold, E Callander, P Buckingham, A Assifi, D Mazza, LE Grzeskowiak (2023). Sexual health, 20(4), 273–281. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH22138
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Contraception Research Cont.
Improving the provision of preconception care in Australian general practice through task-sharing with practice nurses.
NN Withanage, JR Botfield, KI Black, D Mazza. (2023). Australian journal of primary health, 29(3), 217–221. https://doi.org/10.1071/PY22161
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Contraceptive use and pregnancy plans among women of reproductive age during the first Australian COVID-19 lockdown: findings from an online survey.
J Coombe, F Kong, H Bittleston, H Williams, J Tomnay, A Vaisey, S Malta, J Goller, M Temple-Smith, L Bourchier, A Lau, SJ Hocking (2021). The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception, 26(4), 265–271. https://doi.org/10.1080/13625187.2021.1884221
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SPHERE: Centre of Research Excellence
SPHERE (NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Women in Primary Care) has developed a research program that develops and tests strategies to improve the delivery of abortion, contraception, and preconception care services in primary care and explore women’s preferences to increase access and uptake.