Divergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

<h4>Context</h4>The last decade witnessed growing differences in abortion dynamics in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine despite demographic, social, and historical similarities of these nations. This paper investigates changes in birth control practices in the three countries and searches for...

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Autores principales:	Boris P Denisov, Victoria I Sakevich, Aiva Jasilioniene
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:894adcba87764fe4bfbacfcb82f73db62021-11-18T08:06:31ZDivergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0049986https://doaj.org/article/894adcba87764fe4bfbacfcb82f73db62012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23349656/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Context</h4>The last decade witnessed growing differences in abortion dynamics in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine despite demographic, social, and historical similarities of these nations. This paper investigates changes in birth control practices in the three countries and searches for an explanation of the diverging trends in abortion.<h4>Methods</h4>Official abortion and contraceptive use statistics, provided by national statistical agencies, were analysed. Respective laws and other legal documents were examined and compared between the three countries. To disclose inter-country differences in prevalence of the modern methods of contraception and its association with major demographic and social factors, an analysis of data from national sample surveys was performed, including binary logistic regression.<h4>Results</h4>The growing gap in abortion rate in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine is a genuine phenomenon, not a statistical artefact. The examination of abortion and prevalence of contraception based on official statistics and three national sample surveys did not reveal any unambiguous factors that could explain differences in abortion dynamics in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. However, it is very likely that the cause of the inter-country discrepancies lies in contraceptive behavior itself, in adequacies of contraceptive knowledge and practices. Additionally, large differences in government policies, which are very important in shaping contraceptive practices of the population, were detected.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Since the end of the 1990s, the Russian government switched to archaic ideology in the area of reproductive health and family planning and neglects evidence-based arguments. Such an extreme turn in the governmental position is not observed in Belarus or Ukraine. This is an important factor contributing to the slowdown in the decrease of abortion rates in Russia.Boris P DenisovVictoria I SakevichAiva JasilionienePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 11, p e49986 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Boris P Denisov Victoria I Sakevich Aiva Jasilioniene Divergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
description	<h4>Context</h4>The last decade witnessed growing differences in abortion dynamics in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine despite demographic, social, and historical similarities of these nations. This paper investigates changes in birth control practices in the three countries and searches for an explanation of the diverging trends in abortion.<h4>Methods</h4>Official abortion and contraceptive use statistics, provided by national statistical agencies, were analysed. Respective laws and other legal documents were examined and compared between the three countries. To disclose inter-country differences in prevalence of the modern methods of contraception and its association with major demographic and social factors, an analysis of data from national sample surveys was performed, including binary logistic regression.<h4>Results</h4>The growing gap in abortion rate in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine is a genuine phenomenon, not a statistical artefact. The examination of abortion and prevalence of contraception based on official statistics and three national sample surveys did not reveal any unambiguous factors that could explain differences in abortion dynamics in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. However, it is very likely that the cause of the inter-country discrepancies lies in contraceptive behavior itself, in adequacies of contraceptive knowledge and practices. Additionally, large differences in government policies, which are very important in shaping contraceptive practices of the population, were detected.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Since the end of the 1990s, the Russian government switched to archaic ideology in the area of reproductive health and family planning and neglects evidence-based arguments. Such an extreme turn in the governmental position is not observed in Belarus or Ukraine. This is an important factor contributing to the slowdown in the decrease of abortion rates in Russia.
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title	Divergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
title_short	Divergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
title_full	Divergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
title_fullStr	Divergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
title_full_unstemmed	Divergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
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Divergent trends in abortion and birth control practices in belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

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