Experience of stigma and harassment among respondents to the 2019 Canadian abortion provider survey

We conducted a national survey to assess the experiences of stigma and harassment among physicians and nurse practitioners providing abortions and abortion service administrators in Canada. We conducted an exploratory, cross-sectional, national, anonymized, online survey between July and December 20...

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Published in:Contraception (Stoneham) 2023-08, Vol.124, p.110083-110083, Article 110083
Main Authors: Ennis, Madeleine, Renner, Regina M., Olure, Bimbola, Norman, Wendy V., Begun, Stephanie, Martin, Lisa, Harris, Lisa H., Kean, Lauren, Seewald, Meghan, Munro, Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Abortion, Induced
Abortion, Spontaneous
Canada
Cross-Sectional Studies
Delivery of health care
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Induced
Mifepristone
Pregnancy
Social stigma
Surveys and Questionnaires
Workforce
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Summary:We conducted a national survey to assess the experiences of stigma and harassment among physicians and nurse practitioners providing abortions and abortion service administrators in Canada. We conducted an exploratory, cross-sectional, national, anonymized, online survey between July and December 2020. Subsections of the survey explored stigma and harassment experienced by respondents, including the 35-item Revised Abortion Providers Stigma Scale and open-ended responses. We analyzed the quantitative data to generate descriptive statistics and employed a reflexive thematic analysis to interpret open-ended responses. Three hundred fifty-four participants started the stigma and harassment section of the survey. Among low-volume clinicians (
ISSN:0010-7824
1879-0518
DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110083