Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.

<h4>Objectives</h4>We sought to review the literature on the access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature published from 2001 to 2019. W...

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Autores principales:	Sarah Munro, Savvy Benipal, Aleyah Williams, Kate Wahl, Logan Trenaman, Stephanie Begun
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cebcb818193742edbc4abadc556aa5a12021-12-02T20:05:15ZAccess experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0252434https://doaj.org/article/cebcb818193742edbc4abadc556aa5a12021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252434https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Objectives</h4>We sought to review the literature on the access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature published from 2001 to 2019. We included qualitative studies involving US participants that focused on access experiences, views, or accounts of unintended pregnancy and/or abortion among youth experiencing homelessness. We excluded studies published before 2001 as that was the year mifepristone medication abortion was made available in the US and we aimed to investigate experiences of access to both medical and surgical abortion options.<h4>Results</h4>Our thematic analysis of the data resulted in five key themes that characterize the abortion attitudes and access experiences of youth experiencing homelessness: (1) engaging in survival sex and forced sex, (2) balancing relationships and autonomy, (3) availability does not equal access, (4) attempting self-induced abortions using harmful methods, and (5) feeling resilient despite traumatic unplanned pregnancy experiences.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Youth experiencing homelessness experience barriers to abortion access across the US, including in states with a supportive policy context and publicly funded abortion services. In the absence of accessible services, youth may consider harmful methods of self-induced abortion. Improved services should be designed to offer low-barrier abortion care with the qualities that youth identified as important to them, including privacy and autonomy.Sarah MunroSavvy BenipalAleyah WilliamsKate WahlLogan TrenamanStephanie BegunPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0252434 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Sarah Munro Savvy Benipal Aleyah Williams Kate Wahl Logan Trenaman Stephanie Begun Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.
description	<h4>Objectives</h4>We sought to review the literature on the access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature published from 2001 to 2019. We included qualitative studies involving US participants that focused on access experiences, views, or accounts of unintended pregnancy and/or abortion among youth experiencing homelessness. We excluded studies published before 2001 as that was the year mifepristone medication abortion was made available in the US and we aimed to investigate experiences of access to both medical and surgical abortion options.<h4>Results</h4>Our thematic analysis of the data resulted in five key themes that characterize the abortion attitudes and access experiences of youth experiencing homelessness: (1) engaging in survival sex and forced sex, (2) balancing relationships and autonomy, (3) availability does not equal access, (4) attempting self-induced abortions using harmful methods, and (5) feeling resilient despite traumatic unplanned pregnancy experiences.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Youth experiencing homelessness experience barriers to abortion access across the US, including in states with a supportive policy context and publicly funded abortion services. In the absence of accessible services, youth may consider harmful methods of self-induced abortion. Improved services should be designed to offer low-barrier abortion care with the qualities that youth identified as important to them, including privacy and autonomy.
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author	Sarah Munro Savvy Benipal Aleyah Williams Kate Wahl Logan Trenaman Stephanie Begun
author_facet	Sarah Munro Savvy Benipal Aleyah Williams Kate Wahl Logan Trenaman Stephanie Begun
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title	Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.
title_short	Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.
title_full	Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.
title_fullStr	Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.
title_full_unstemmed	Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.
title_sort	access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the united states: a systematic review.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/cebcb818193742edbc4abadc556aa5a1
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Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.

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