Unplanned Pregnancy and Maternal Outcomes

Unplanned Pregnancy and Maternal Outcomes

Work type:   Discussion Essay

Format:         APA

Pages:            1 pages ( 275 words, Double spaced

Academic level:       Master’s

Subject or discipline:         Health Care

Title:   Discussion | Unplanned Pregnancy and Maternal Outcomes

Number of sources:           2

Paper instructions:

Review

To prepare for this discussion, review the assigned reading for the week as well as:

Unplanned Pregnancy: Sam Adams (00:12:26) (opens in new window)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=y12lm-Gdsac%3Frel%3D0%26autoplay%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D3

Unmet Need for Contraception and Its Association With Unintended Pregnancy in Bangladesh (opens in new window)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469146/

London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy: Guidance for its Use as an Outcome Measure (opens in new window)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388237/

Respond

Unintended pregnancy is a global epidemic that negatively impacts communities, women, and their families, with over 50% of the cases ending with unsafe abortions. Rape and contraceptive failure or non-use are among the factors that contribute to unintended pregnancy. The most common consequences are unsafe abortion, infertility, and maternal death. Recent studies have demonstrated that these potentially life-threatening complications can be prevented by better access to contraceptive services, emergency contraception, legal abortion services, and societal and cultural changes that allow women to make their own reproductive choices. Faith-based organizations have attempted to address these issues with family planning programs, which has resulted in better health outcomes and a reduced number of unintended pregnancies.

 

1.Are there other ways of addressing pregnancy and poor maternal outcomes, and do safe, legal abortion services seem reasonable?

2.Given the multiple systems approaches that have been used to address complex problems (e.g. conducting military operations, addressing homelessness), what are some lessons learned that could be used to develop effective ways to eliminate unplanned pregnancies and abortion from our society?

Initial Posts: 250-300 words

Reference at least 2 scholarly resources

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